Breif Report

Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in Pregnancy

Authors: ABHIMANYU GARG MBBS, MD, VINOD KOCHUPILLAI MRCP

Abstract

SUMMARYPregnancy in patients who have non-Hoclgkins lymphoma is unusual. We have reported a case of diffuse, poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma, stage IIIa, in a patient whose disease went into remission after she received six courses of CHOP therapy (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolonc). She became pregnant soon afterward and was delivered of a normal, full-term infant with a normal chromosomal pattern. Risk of teratogenicity appears to be negligible when chemotherapy is used during the third trimester of pregnancy.

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