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16783771

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
Uterine cervix and corpus are rarely the initial site of relapse in leukemia or lymphoma. We report herein a case of uterine cervical relapse with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The patient, a 60-yr-old woman, had a history of ALL that had been in remission for 2 yr after chemotherapy. She presented with a chief complaint of genital bleeding. In a routine cervico-vaginal Papanicolau smear, abundant atypical lymphoid cells with round-to-oval nuclei, scant cytoplasm, and high nuclear to cytoplasmic ratios was observed. The nuclei of these cells had fine and dark chromatin and thickened nuclear membranes, with one or several nucleoli being visible. Biopsy under colposcope was performed, and a diagnosis of relapse of ALL was confirmed. The ongoing genital bleeding presented a problem with clinical management of the patient. It was decided to proceed with hysterectomy to end that problem and thereafter proceed with therapy directed against the leukemia. Our results suggest that in patients with known extrauterine cancer, the presence of malignancy in uterine cellular samples provides information regarding the extent of the neoplasm.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
8755-1039
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
499-502
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a cervical smear: a case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi Osaka, Japan. ikutaa@takii.kmu.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports