A Case of T/Natural Killer Cell Lymphoma of the Uterine Cervix.

Son, Ga Hyun; Jeon, Soon Rye; Cho, Ye Sung; Jung, Hyun Joo; Cho, Hye Jin; Cho, Hee Young; Kie, Jeong Hae; Choi, Eun Kyoung

Obstet Gynecol Sci > Volume 49(12); 2006 > Article

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2006;49(12):2655-2661.
Published online December 1, 2006.

A Case of T/Natural Killer Cell Lymphoma of the Uterine Cervix.

Ga Hyun Son, Soon Rye Jeon, Ye Sung Cho, Hyun Joo Jung, Hye Jin Cho, Hee Young Cho, Jeong Hae Kie, Eun Kyoung Choi

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecolgy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecolgy, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Koyang, Korea. szerying@nhimc.or.kr
³Department of Pathology, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Koyang, Korea.

Abstract

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presented as a malignancy of the uterine cervix is exceedingly rare disease and accounts for approximately only 0.12-0.6% of extranodal lymphomas. Most reported cases were B-cell lymphomas and there is no consensus on the management and prognosis of the disease because of its extreme rarity. Primary T/natural killer (NK)-cell lymphoma arising from the uterine cervix is scarcely encountered that, in the review of literature, only 1 case has been reported by Mhawech et al. We encountered a woman with T/NK-cell lymphoma involving the uterine cervix that initially presented with severe vaginal bleeding. Therefore, we report the case with a brief review of literature.

Key Words: T/NK cell lymphoma, Uterine cervix