Cervical lymphoma presenting as irregular vaginal bleeding.

نویسندگان

  • Sudeep Gupta
  • Amita Maheshwari
  • Girdhar S Bhati
  • Sangeeta Desai
  • Hemant B Tongaonkar
چکیده

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) causes many deaths worldwide and its incidence is increasing. They commonly occur in middle-aged and elderly people and are disseminated at diagnosis. The patients usually present with lymphadenopathy, fever, night sweats and weight loss. We report an interesting case of NHL in a 35 year old female, who primarily presented with irregular bleeding per vaginum.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of cancer research and therapeutics

دوره 2 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006