An Unusual Uterine Tumor With Signet Ring Cell Features.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_F61132BDA95C
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
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Publications
Institution
Title
An Unusual Uterine Tumor With Signet Ring Cell Features.
Journal
International Journal of Gynecological Pathology
ISSN
1538-7151 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0277-1691
Publication state
Published
Issued date
03/2012
Volume
31
Number
3
Pages
236-241
Language
english
Abstract
In 2004, a 56-year-old woman was diagnosed with Stage IA follicular lymphoma in a cervical lymph node biopsy. The patient experienced total remission after local radiation therapy. In 2009, a control computed tomography scan evidenced a pelvic mass, prompting total hysterectomy. The latter harbored a 4.8-cm intramural uterine tumor corresponding to a mostly diffuse and focally nodular proliferation of medium to large cells, with extensive, periodic acid-Schiff negative, signet ring cell changes, and a pan-keratin negative, CD20+, CD10+, Bcl2+, Bcl6+ immunophenotype. Molecular genetic studies showed the same clonal IGH gene rearrangement in the lymph node and the uterus, establishing the uterine tumor as a relapse of the preceding follicular lymphoma, although no signet ring cells were evidenced at presentation. Uterine localization of lymphomas is rare, and lymphomas with signet ring cell features are uncommon. This exceptional case exemplifies a diagnostically challenging situation and expands the differential diagnosis of uterine neoplasms displaying signet ring cell morphology.
Keywords
Signet ring cell, Follicular lymphoma, Uterine tumor
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Web of science
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12/05/2012 8:49
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