title: Clinicopathologic and immunophenotypic study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Korea. Lymphoreticular Study Group of the Korean Society of Pathologists.
abstract: This study sponsored by the Lymphoreticular Study Group of the Korean Society of Pathologists was carried out to provide nationwide data about the histopathologic-immunophenotypic features of malignant lymphomas in Korea. Two hundred and ninety Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) among 312 malignant lymphomas collected from three representative areas in Korea were histologically reclassified. Two hundred and fifty three cases were immunohistochemically studied. T-cell lymphoma comprised 35.2% of NHL in this study and showed a quite comparable incidence to that of Japan and China, but it was much higher than in Western countries. A very low prevalence rate of the follicular variety (4.0%) and a higher propensity of primary extranodal involvement (60%) are additional characteristics of NHL in Korea. The most common histologic subtype of B cell lymphoma was diffuse large cell type, whereas the most common subtype of T cell lymphoma was diffuse mixed small and large cell type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Ku, Korea.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Juhng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007723:Korea; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged