Medicina (Apr 2017)

Case report: Diffuse large B cells lymphoma in the cervix

  • Rodolfo M. Queiroz,
  • Gustavo C. Melges,
  • Juliane A. Paron,
  • Paulo R. Félix,
  • Glaucia A. M. Landell,
  • Eduardo M. Febronio,
  • Márcio Castro e Silva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v50i2p119-122
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 50, no. 2

Abstract

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We report the case of a woman, 32 years old, white, previously healthy, presenting vaginal discharge and metrorrhagia for three months. Pap smear described intensely hemorrhagic smear and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions with severe dysplasia (CIN III). Transvaginal ultrasound and MRI of the pelvis characterized an increase in the dimensions of the cervix, displaying aspect “barrel” due process of expansive diffuse infiltrative appearance. The histopathological and immunohistochemistry of the cervical biopsy showed a diffuse non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma large B cell

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