Nasal NK-cell lymphoma followed by relapse in the uterine cervix

Leuk Lymphoma. 2002 Jan;43(1):203-6. doi: 10.1080/10428190210174.

Abstract

We report a case of nasal natural killer (NK)-cell lymphoma in a 51-year-old Japanese woman who showed a later relapse in the uterine cervix. The nasal NK-cell lymphoma regressed after local radiation therapy. Six months after the diagnosis while the patient was being treated with chemotherapy for a subclinical tumor, a mass lesion of the uterine cervix was noticed by follow-up computed tomography. Giemsa-stained vaginal smear showed lymphoid tumor cells with large azurophilic granules, leading to a rapid diagnosis of cervical involvement by NK-cell lymphoma. The chemotherapy regimens were immediately changed, but the patient died 2 months after the relapse with an overall survival of 8 months. This case may be of value in elucidating the biological behavior and natural history of NK-cell lymphoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Killer Cells, Natural / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / diagnosis
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / therapy
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / pathology
  • Nose Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Nose Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Nose Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Recurrence
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / etiology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology*