Primary lymphoma of the cervix in a heart transplant patient.

Lymphoma of the cervix. Imaging and transcatheter arterial embolization

“…We used small polyvinyl alcohol particles (150–250 μm) to occlude the distal vascular bed. No postembolization surgical resection (1) was done, and our patient is the first published patient with MR imaging follow‐up after embolization, chemotherapy, monoclonal antibody treatment and radiotherapy of a primary cervical lymphoma.…”

“…Female reproductive organs are often secondarily involved in disseminated disease, whereas primary involvement is very rare, with fewer than 70 cases reported in the English literature until 1998 (1, 6).…”

“…We found only one previous report of a heart transplant patient with primary cervical non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma, which was successfully embolized due to uncontrollable bleeding and anaemia (1). Our patient is the first published immunocompetent embolized case.…”

“…In addition, the risk of rebleeding due to abundant collateral circulation after surgery is smaller in TAE (7). Absorbable gelatin sponge (Gelfoam) particles of 1–3 mm alone (7) or in combination with polyvinyl alcohol particles (750–1000 μm) (1) have been used in TAE, and both have proved effective. We used small polyvinyl alcohol particles (150–250 μm) to occlude the distal vascular bed.…”

“…Only 1% of extranodal lymphomas originate in the female reproductive tract (3). Of these, only 0.12–0.6% are confined to the uterine cervix (1, 5). We describe a patient with hydronephrosis due to a large lymphoma of the uterine cervix.…”