Malignant lymphoma of the ovary: Report of a case successfully managed with surgery and chemotherapy

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作者
Dao, AH [1 ]
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[1] Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Pathol, Sch Med, Nashville, TN 37232 USA
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10.1006/gyno.1998.5033
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
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Incidental finding of a primary malignant lymphoma of the ovary in a 20-year-old patient is presented. Two and a half years following ablative surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy, the patient is alive and disease free. Ovarian lymphoma is a disease of reportedly poor prognosis. However, many previously reported cases of ovarian lymphoma actually represented ovarian involvement by a more diffuse lymphomatous process. If stringent criteria are used for case selection, true primary ovarian lymphoma usually carries a favorable prognosis. (C) 1998 Academic Press.
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