Korean J Med.  2003 May;64(5):567-575.

Primary lymphoma of genitourinary tract

• Bang SM
• Hahn JS
• Lee JE
• Kim GE
• Yang WI

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The primary lymphoma of genitourinary tract is very rare and reported sporadically in Korea. Therefore the aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical characteristics with therapeutic outcome in 15 cases of primary lymphoma of genitourinary tract.
METHODS
Reviewed retrospectively medical records of 15 cases with primary lymphoma of genitourinary tract who had been diagnosed from January, 1990 to May, 2002, we analysed the clinical characteristics, stage, disease free survival and overall survival.
RESULTS
There were 8 cases of lymphoma of testis, 3 cases of uterine cervix and body, 1 case of ovary, 1 case of vagina, and 2 cases of kidney. The histologic types were all diffuse large B cell, except 5 cases (3 cases T/NK cell, 1 case low grade MALT lymphoma, and 1 case precursor B cell lymphoblastic lymphoma). The median survival duration of all cases is 8.0 months, showing the similarity to that of testis lymphoma (7.0 months).
CONCLUSION
In comparison with the prognosis of the lymphomas in uterine body and cervix, it was worse for the testicular and renal lymphoma, even though 3 cases of T/NK cell lymphoma impacted on the prognosis of testicular lymphoma. Therefore, with simultaneous elucidation of the prognostic factors systemically, therapeutic strategy must be continuously sought.

Keyword

Lymphoma; Urogenital system; Testis

MeSH Terms

Cervix Uteri
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Kidney
Korea
Lymphoma*
Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone
Medical Records
Ovary
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Testis
Urogenital System
Vagina