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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2020

Primary Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Female Urethra: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Haiping Zeng, Jun Wang, Runpei Deng, Zhiqiang Chen

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Haiping ZengThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China.
Jun WangDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China.
Runpei DengThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China.
Zhiqiang ChenDepartment of Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, People's Republic of China.
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNGuangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary urethral non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is uncommon. This case study reports the case of a 52-year-old woman with a light red mass at the urethral orifice. Her clinical manifestations included frequent urination, urgency, dysuria, and occasionally blood in urine. The tumor was surgically removed, and the pathological and immunohistochemistry examination confirmed the presence of a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Examination using positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) revealed multiple hypermetabolic lymph nodes next to the external iliac vessels and bilateral inguinal regions, and focal hypermetabolic lesions in the vulvar nodules (consistent with the changes caused by lymphoma infiltration). Eight cycles of chemotherapy with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and dexamethasone (R-CHOP) were prescribed after surgery. Re-examination using PET/CT showed lack of hypermetabolic tumor recurrence signs, and the presence of multiple slightly large lymph nodes in the lateral iliac vessels and inguinal regions, but without significant lymph node metabolism increases. To date, only fifteen cases of primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the urethra (including this one) have been reported in the literature. Therefore, we reviewed the etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of DLBCL based on the existing literature to help characterize this rare disease.

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diffuse large B-cell lymphomanon-Hodgkin’s lymphomaR-CHOP chemotherapyurethral malignant tumor

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