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Table 1 Published reports of incidental concurrent findings during RRP and lymph node dissections for PCa

From: Incidental advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosed at the time of radical prostatectomy for prostatic cancer: a case report and review of literature

Authors and year

Number of radical prostatectomies (Number of lymph node dissections performed)

Total number of concurrent hematolymphoid malignancies (Overall incidence)

Encountered Hematolymphoid malignancy

Treatment required for hematologic malignancy

Donohue et al. 1996 [5, 6]

225 (N.A.)

3 (1.2%)

Lymphoma NOS

N.A.

Terris et al. 1997 [7]

1092 (all patients)

13 (1.2%)

3 HL

Pelvic and abdominal external beam irradiation

1 HCL

Aggressive tp NOS

1 CLL

No tp

6 SLL

No tp

Eisenberger et al. 1999 [8]

4319 (all patients)

10 (0.2%)

8 Lymphocytic lymphoma

Single-agent CT

2 FL

N.A

Winstanley et al. 2002 [9]

1001 (854)

15 (1.8%)

2 SLL/CLL

N.A.

3 neoplastic (0.003%)

1 FL

N.A.

12 Non-neoplastic findings1

N.A.

Weir et al. 2003 [10]

6143 (all patients)

18 (0.3%)

18 SLL/CLL

N.A.

He et al. 2007 [11]

1500 (1150)

13 (1.13%)

9 SLL/CLL

N.A.

3 MZL

N.A.

1 MCL

Aggressive CT NOS

Chu et al. 2005 [12]

48313 (N.A.)

29 (0.6%)

18 incidental cases

N.A.

13 SLL/CLL

N.A.

3 MZL

1 MCL

11 concurrent known lymphoma2

4 SLL/CLL

4 FL

2 MCL

1 DLBCL

Isolated case reports

Encountered Hematolymphoid malignancy

Treatment required for hematologic malignancy

Carson H et al. 1996 [13]

1 SLL/CLL

N.A

Mydlo et al. 2001 [14]

1 lymphoma NOS

N.A

Drinis et al. 2009 [15]

1 SLL/CLL

No tp

  1. Abbreviations used: NOS not otherwise specified, tp therapy, N.A. not available, CT chemotherapy, HL Hodgkin lymphom, HCL hairy cell leukemia, CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia, SLL small lymphocytic lymphoma, MZL marginal zone lymphoma, MCL mantle cell lymphoma.
  2. 1Including sinus histiocytosis, non-caseating granulomas, foreign body reactions.
  3. 2Prostate and pelvic lymph nodes involved as part of a systemic disease.
  4. 3Specimens were from 3405 biopsies, 266 transurethral resections, and 1160 prostatectomies.