[Expression of VEGF and its significance in primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the female genital system].

Objective: To investigate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its significance in primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the female genital system.

Methods: VEGF mRNA and expression of VEGF protein were detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR method and immunohistochemistry, respecitvely. Microvessel density (MVD) was obtained after staining of microvessels using CD34 antibody.

[A clinicopathologic analysis of primary ovarian non-Hodgkin's lymphoma].

Objective: To observe the clinicopathologic manifestations and to investigate the clinicopathologic features and diagnosis of primary ovarian non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Methods: A retrospective study of clinicopathology was made for 15 cases of primary ovarian non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. The histological classifying was based on the WHO classification for tumors of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues (2001).