PMID: 11921560Mar 30, 2002Paper

Malignant lymphoma in western Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal
A Getachew

Abstract

To identify the pattern of malignant lymphoma in western Ethiopia and compare it with similar studies conducted in the region. A retrospective study. A search was made for all histopathologic diagnosis of malignant lymphoma from the files of the department for the years 1988-1999. The pathologic diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease was grouped according to Rye's classification and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma according to the working formulation for clinical usage classification. The results were tabulated and analysed. The department of pathology of Gondar College of Medical Sciences; the only unit which provides histopathologic services for the region, that includes Amhara and Tigrai region. All lymphoma cases diagnosed at the department were included. A total of 83 cases of lymphoma were diagnosed over a period of 11 years (1988-1999). Their age ranged from four years to 79 years. Twenty one (25.3%) had Hodgkin's diseases, 61(73.5%) non Hodgkin's lymphomas and one (1.2%) unspecified lymphoma. The commonest type of Hodgkin's disease were lymphocyte predominant (38%) and mixed cellularity (33.3%). Nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease was diagnosed in only one case. The commonest type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was high-grade lymphoma (41.0...Continue Reading

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