Comparative study of bowel lymphosarcoma in childhood.
Five cases of lymphosarcoma of the bowel in Nigerian Igbo children are presented. They were found to be similar to an Australian series in the following respects: boys were more commonly affected than girls; affected children were all aged over two years; and the two main modes of presentation were intussusception and a localized abdominal mass. Unlike Australian children, Nigerian Igbos did not present with features suggestive of acute appendicitis.
D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria