Korean J Cytopathol.  1995 Jun;6(1):76-79.

Cytologic Features of Malignant Lymphoma of the Uterine Cervix: A case report

• Kim NH
• Park CK
• Ko YH
• Park MH
• Lee JD

Abstract

The uterine cervix is an uncommon site of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Although the cytologic findings of NHLs are well known, most cervicovaginal smear of uterine NHLs give lower diagnostic yield than common epithelial malignancy because abnormal cells do not appear in the sample in the absence of surface ulceration. Herein, we describe cytologic findings of a case of uterine cervical NHL which was initially diagnosed by cervicovaginal smear. The tumor cells were relatively uniform, isolated, large-sized with scanty cytoplasm and round or indented nuclei. The nuclei had stippled chromatin and small nucleoli. Histologically and immunohistochemically the tumor was proven to be large cell lymphoma of T-cell lineage.

Keyword

Cervico-vaginal smear; Uterine cervix; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; T - cell; lineage

MeSH Terms

Cervix Uteri*
Chromatin
Cytoplasm
Female
Lymphoma*
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
T-Lymphocytes
Ulcer
Chromatin