Burkitt's Lymphoma Mimicking a Primary Gynecologic Tumor
Objective: Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) occurs mostly in children; bilateral ovarian involvement mimicking a gynecologic malignancy in adults is extremely rare. Here, we report a patient with BL mimicking a gynecologic tumor Case Report: A 50-year-old Taiwanese woman presented with the complaint of...
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| description | Objective: Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) occurs mostly in children; bilateral ovarian involvement mimicking a gynecologic malignancy in adults is extremely rare. Here, we report a patient with BL mimicking a gynecologic tumor
Case Report: A 50-year-old Taiwanese woman presented with the complaint of persistent lower abdominal distension with dull pain, easy satiety, and progressively increasing abdominal girth for 2 weeks. Amenorrhea was also noted for about 2 months, and her review of systems was negative for the common “B” symptoms associated with lymphoma. At our hospital, imaging studies revealed a huge pelvic mass (10.8 ×8.7 cm), suggesting a large subserous myoma or an ovarian tumor. Under the impression of pelvic mass, she underwent exploratory laparotomy. Primary ovarian sex-cord malignancy with cecum involvement was impressed by the primitive intraoperative frozen section report. Subsequently, an optimal cytoreductive operation with right hemicolectomy was performed. However, final histopathologic report was an extranodal multifocal BL.
Conclusion: Although extranodal BL in ovaries is a rare condition, it should be noted in the differential diagnosis of pelvic gynecologic malignancies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f9c85a1cfa3842cbbf4fb90bea93b6d82022-12-22T00:58:31ZengElsevierTaiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology1028-45592006-06-0145216216610.1016/S1028-4559(09)60217-5Burkitt's Lymphoma Mimicking a Primary Gynecologic TumorSzu-Ching Lu0Wan-Lin Shen1Ya-Min Cheng2Chen-Yang Chou3Pao-Ling Kuo4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, TaiwanDepartment of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, TaiwanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, TaiwanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, TaiwanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, TaiwanObjective: Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) occurs mostly in children; bilateral ovarian involvement mimicking a gynecologic malignancy in adults is extremely rare. Here, we report a patient with BL mimicking a gynecologic tumor Case Report: A 50-year-old Taiwanese woman presented with the complaint of persistent lower abdominal distension with dull pain, easy satiety, and progressively increasing abdominal girth for 2 weeks. Amenorrhea was also noted for about 2 months, and her review of systems was negative for the common “B” symptoms associated with lymphoma. At our hospital, imaging studies revealed a huge pelvic mass (10.8 ×8.7 cm), suggesting a large subserous myoma or an ovarian tumor. Under the impression of pelvic mass, she underwent exploratory laparotomy. Primary ovarian sex-cord malignancy with cecum involvement was impressed by the primitive intraoperative frozen section report. Subsequently, an optimal cytoreductive operation with right hemicolectomy was performed. However, final histopathologic report was an extranodal multifocal BL. Conclusion: Although extranodal BL in ovaries is a rare condition, it should be noted in the differential diagnosis of pelvic gynecologic malignancies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455909602175Burkitt's lymphomapelvic mass |
| spellingShingle | Szu-Ching Lu Wan-Lin Shen Ya-Min Cheng Chen-Yang Chou Pao-Ling Kuo Burkitt's Lymphoma Mimicking a Primary Gynecologic Tumor Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Burkitt's lymphoma pelvic mass |
| title | Burkitt's Lymphoma Mimicking a Primary Gynecologic Tumor |
| title_full | Burkitt's Lymphoma Mimicking a Primary Gynecologic Tumor |
| title_fullStr | Burkitt's Lymphoma Mimicking a Primary Gynecologic Tumor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Burkitt's Lymphoma Mimicking a Primary Gynecologic Tumor |
| title_short | Burkitt's Lymphoma Mimicking a Primary Gynecologic Tumor |
| title_sort | burkitt s lymphoma mimicking a primary gynecologic tumor |
| topic | Burkitt's lymphoma pelvic mass |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455909602175 |
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