PMID: 9645254Jun 30, 1998Paper

Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the ovary

Aktuelle Radiologie
N MorakkabatiB Kreft

Abstract

A young female patient was admitted for clarification of a space-occupying ovarian situation. Histological analysis gave the finding of a highly malignant NHL of the Burkitt type. In the further course of the disease bicytopenia developed. Bone mark analysis revealed a B-AII. FAB L3 which can be considered as the leukemic equivalent of the Burkitt lymphoma. In spite of chemotherapy the patient died as a consequence of a sepsis.

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