Primary Lymphosakcoma of T H E Ovary

Lymphoblastoma involving the ovaries, either primarily or secondarily, appears to be a very unusual condition. Less than a dozen instances of metastatic lymphoblastonla have been described. In a review of lymphosarcoma of the female genitalia, published in 1934, Walther ' records only two primary ovarian lymphosarcomas, one from the literature and one from his own material. Since that time no cases reported by name have appeared. The disease, however, is probably not quite so rare as is suggested by such a survey of the literature. Scattered in text-books, usually under the name of small round-cell sarcoma, can be found a few descriptions and illustrations of tumors which are a t least consistent with a diagnosis of lymphosarcoma. However, there does not now seem to be anything to be gained from an attempt to trace and reclassify such obscure cases.