Three cases of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the pelvis.

Hwang, Hyun ju; Kang, Ho Young; Han, Yu Jung; Jo, Hyun Cheol; Park, Ji Kwon; Shin, Jeong Kyu; Lee, Soon Ae; Lee, Jong Hak; Paik, Won Young

Obstet Gynecol Sci > Volume 52(2); 2009 > Article

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2009;52(2):253-260.
Published online: February 1, 2009

Three cases of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the pelvis.

Hyun ju Hwang, Ho Young Kang, Yu Jung Han, Hyun Cheol Jo, Ji Kwon Park, Jeong Kyu Shin, Soon Ae Lee, Jong Hak Lee, Won Young Paik

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea. wypaik@gnu.ac.kr
²Gyeongsang Institute of Health Sciences, Jinju, Korea.

Abstract

Primary pelvic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a rare malignancy that has been reported in the retroperitoneum, ovary, uterine corpus, uterine cervix, vagina and vulva. Although primary pelvic lymphoma is rare, this may be encountered more frequently as the incidence of extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma increases. We experienced three cases of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the pelvis. Two cases are primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the ovary and one is primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the retroperitoneum. We report these cases with a brief review of literature.

Keywords: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Ovary; Retroperitoneum