A Case of Primary Ovarian Lymphoma.

Oh, Soo Young; Kim, Jae Weon; Park, Noh Hyun; Song, Yong Sang; Kang, Soon Beom; Lee, Hyo Pyo

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 1997;40(5):1090-1096.
Published online January 1, 2001.

A Case of Primary Ovarian Lymphoma.

Soo Young Oh, Jae Weon Kim, Noh Hyun Park, Yong Sang Song, Soon Beom Kang, Hyo Pyo Lee

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

A 52-year-old women visited Seoul National University Hospital due to abdominaldistension and pelvic mass. Under the impression of ovarian malignancy, total abdominalhysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, infra-colic omentectomy and lymph nodebiopsy was done. Histopathological and immunohistochemical study demonstrated the tumors tobe non-Hodgkin`s lymphoma of diffuse large cell type, B-cell lineage with the involvementof both ovaries, tubes, uterus, omentum and regional lymph nodes. Bone marrow biopsywas done postoperatively and revealed normal. She got one cycle of VBP(vincristine,bleomycin, prednisolone) first, then the chemotherapy regimen was changed to COPBLAM(cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisolone, bleomycine, adriamycin, procarbazine). After sixcycles of COPBLAM, she shows complete remission at 7 months of follow up after surgery.Characteristics of primary ovarian lymphoma are emphasized with a brief review of theliteratures.

Key Words: Primary, Ovarian lymphoma