title: [Acute leukemia in Dakar. Retrospective study apropos of 36 cases].
abstract: This study of acute leukaemia in adult at the two main hospitals in Dakar- the General Hospital from January 1980 to June 1986 and the A. Le Dantec Hospital from January 1978 to June 1986 - shows the progression of this ailment, which remains rare (0.85% of admissions - 5 cases per year). Certain clinical peculiarities are stressed (high frequency of infectious symptoms, considerable splenomegaly , adenopathy often present in acute myeloid leukaemia. More severe biological signs are evident than in series in the West, and (L.A.M.3) forms dominate. Grave developments are often the result of a shortage of diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. The authors stress the need to create a haematological clinic.
authors.affiliation: Clinique médicale, C.H.U., Dakar.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Sow-Goerger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: el Amine
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Diouf
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barabé
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bao
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Les leucémies aiguës à Dakar. Etude rétrospective à partir de 36 cas.