title: Hodgkin's disease in children.
abstract: This study provides information about histological types of Hodgkin's disease (HD) among children of Pakistan. Hodgkins disease constitutes 12 per cent of all pediatric malignant tumours. The peak incidence is between 6 and 10 years. The male to female ratio is 5.25:1. The majority (78 per cent) present with cervical lymphadenopathy. Mixed cellularity (MC) is the commonest histological type. In the developed countries nodular sclerosis (NS) and lymphocyte predominant (LP) subtypes are more common, and which have better prognosis. The developing countries have a higher incidence of poor prognostic subtypes. Our study indicates a situation intermediate between the two.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saleem
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansoor
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003906:Developing Countries; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West / Q000453:epidemiology; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007597:Jordan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology