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[Non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma with parotid gland and ovarian localization]
F Bonnet1, J F Viallard, M Parrens
1Clinique de médecine interne et de maladies infectieuses, hôpital Haut-Lévêque, CHU, Pessac, France.
Introduction:
Parotidean and ovarian lymphoma often indicate the existence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, involving 1-5% and 0.2% of the cases, respectively. EXEGENESIS: The authors report the case of a 70-year-old woman who presented B cell lymphoma of the parotid gland revealed by a rapid increase in the parotid size. CT scan showed the existence of a tumor located in the left ovary, later confirmed by biopsy. The proposed diagnosis was diffuse B cell type lymphoma with double glandular localization. Adenopathy and bone marrow involvement were both lacking.
Conclusion:
Lymphoma with glandular localizations always require diagnosis confirmation via histological examination and immunophenotyping, and must be considered as the local sign of a general disease.