Journal of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences (Dec 2014)

Primary Extra Nodular Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma during Pregnancy: Case Report

  • Fariba Kahnamuie Agdam,
  • Haleh Shahlazadeh,
  • Mina Ataee

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 4
pp. 424 – 429

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Primary Extra nodular non-Hodgkin lymphoma during pregnancy is rare with occurrence rate of 0.8 in 100000 pregnancy. In this report, the case of a 19-year-old woman during week 14 of her intrauterine pregnancy with primary extra nodular non-Hodgkin lymphoma is described. The staging consisted with thyroid open biopsy. After induced abortion the subject underwent chemotherapy with CHOP regimen (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone) for 6 cycles.

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