Lymphoma of the cervix: A diagnostic pitfall on cervicovaginal smear

Malignant lymphoma that secondarily involves the cervix is a rare condition and may be difficult to distinguish from follicular cervicitis and small cell carcinoma. Cervical lymphoma is sometimes misdiagnosed on cervicovaginal cytology due to its rarity. We report a case of a cervical lymphoma in a...

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Autores principales: Calli, Aylin Orgen, Rezanko, Türkan, Yigit, Seyran, Payzin, Bahriye
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23112469
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.101184
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author Calli, Aylin Orgen
Rezanko, Türkan
Yigit, Seyran
Payzin, Bahriye
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description Malignant lymphoma that secondarily involves the cervix is a rare condition and may be difficult to distinguish from follicular cervicitis and small cell carcinoma. Cervical lymphoma is sometimes misdiagnosed on cervicovaginal cytology due to its rarity. We report a case of a cervical lymphoma in a 65-year-old woman, which was diagnosed as a squamous cell carcinoma on cervicovaginal cytology.
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spelling pubmed-34807772012-10-30 Lymphoma of the cervix: A diagnostic pitfall on cervicovaginal smear Calli, Aylin Orgen Rezanko, Türkan Yigit, Seyran Payzin, Bahriye J Cytol Case Report Malignant lymphoma that secondarily involves the cervix is a rare condition and may be difficult to distinguish from follicular cervicitis and small cell carcinoma. Cervical lymphoma is sometimes misdiagnosed on cervicovaginal cytology due to its rarity. We report a case of a cervical lymphoma in a 65-year-old woman, which was diagnosed as a squamous cell carcinoma on cervicovaginal cytology. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3480777/ /pubmed/23112469 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.101184 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Cytology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Calli, Aylin Orgen
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Lymphoma of the cervix: A diagnostic pitfall on cervicovaginal smear
title Lymphoma of the cervix: A diagnostic pitfall on cervicovaginal smear
title_full Lymphoma of the cervix: A diagnostic pitfall on cervicovaginal smear
title_fullStr Lymphoma of the cervix: A diagnostic pitfall on cervicovaginal smear
title_full_unstemmed Lymphoma of the cervix: A diagnostic pitfall on cervicovaginal smear
title_short Lymphoma of the cervix: A diagnostic pitfall on cervicovaginal smear
title_sort lymphoma of the cervix: a diagnostic pitfall on cervicovaginal smear
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23112469
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.101184
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