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Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the vagina: A case report
- Source :
- Oncology Letters
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Spandidos Publications, 2018.
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Abstract
- Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of the vagina is uncommon. The present case study reports the case of a 54-year-old female with a palpable mass between the rectum and vagina. The patient presented with symptoms consistent with vaginal cancer but lacked any of the 'B' symptoms often associated with systemic lymphoma, including fever, weight loss, night sweats and fatigue. The mass was resected under anesthesia. Immunohistochemistry and biopsy confirmed diffuse large B-cell NHL (DLBCL). Following surgery, six cycles of chemotherapy with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone were administered. Subsequently, a vertebral body metastasis was observed using a computed tomography scan and whole-body bone imaging. The patient received palliative radiation for the vertebral body metastasis. Additionally, the available literature was reviewed in order to further characterize this rare disease.
- Subjects :
- Cancer Research
Vincristine
medicine.medical_specialty
Metastasis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
immune system diseases
Prednisone
hemic and lymphatic diseases
medicine
Vaginal cancer
business.industry
vagina cancer
Cancer
Articles
vaginal lymphoma
medicine.disease
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Lymphoma
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Rituximab
primary extra-nodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Radiology
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17921082 and 17921074
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Oncology Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a5aad6d89e8f5426b1f1aa639a83c50e