[A case of malignant lymphoma of the uterine cervix]

The case of an 85-year-old woman with a malignant lymphoma of the uterine cervix is reported, and the pertinent literature is reviewed. The patient was found to have vaginal bleeding and abnormal cytological smears. According to the Working Formulation, the histological diagnosis was a malignant lymphoma with diffuse, small, cleaved cells. As her condition was determined as being in FIGO's Stage I b, the patient was only given a hysterectomy, and she remains in complete remission 1 year after the initial diagnosis. This is the 21st reported case in Japan of a primary malignant lymphoma in the uterus. Such patients typically present vaginal bleeding and a cervical cytological examination is reliable way to achieve a diagnosis. From the small number of reports that exist, it appears that radiation therapy is proper curative method of procedure as some Stage I b patients who underwent surgery were found to have positive nodes.