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Non-Hodgkin's ovarian lymphoma during adolescence: report of two cases
G K Creatsas1, E A Hassan, E K Deligeoroglou
1First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Greece.
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
|December 10, 1997
Abstract
Study Objective:
To present two cases of non-Hodgkin's ovarian lymphoma during adolescence.
Design:
Follow up of the patients. Report of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
Setting:
Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and Corrective Gynecological Surgery, University of Athens (Athens, Greece).
Interventions:
Laparotomy and chemotherapy. RESULTS AND MAIN OUTCOME: Three- and five-year survival rates.
Conclusions:
Ovarian lymphoma constitutes a rare entity with guarded prognosis. Selective surgery and chemotherapy constitute the treatment of choice.