High-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL6 rearrangements presenting as a cervical mass

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Aug 25;13(8):e235451. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-235451.

Abstract

Lymphoid malignancies represent 0. 008% of all cervical tumours. While uncommon, lymphoid malignancies of the gynaecological tract require careful diagnosis and classification to ensure appropriate treatment. We present a case of a 54-year-old woman with HIV who presented with urinary and faecal incontinence for 2 weeks, associated with the feeling of a mass in her vagina. A smooth flesh-coloured pelvic mass was seen on physical examination, and a transvaginal biopsy revealed infiltration of atypical lymphoid cells with fluorescence in situ hybridisation positive for MYC and BCL6, and negative for IGH/BCL2. Bone marrow and cerebral spinal fluid analysis also showed involvement by atypical lymphocytes. She was diagnosed with stage IV high-grade B-cells lymphoma (HGBLs) with MYC and BCL6 rearrangements. She was given R-CODOX-M plus IVAC with no evidence of disease at 4-month follow-up. To our knowledge, this is the first literature report of a HGBL with MYC and BCL6 rearrangement presenting as a cervical mass.

Keywords: cervical cancer; gynaecological cancer; haematology (incl blood transfusion); malignant disease and immunosuppression.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Gene Rearrangement*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, B-Cell / genetics*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / genetics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6 / genetics*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / genetics*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / genetics*

Substances

  • BCL6 protein, human
  • MYC protein, human
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc