title: Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas with primary manifestation in gonads--a clinicopathological study.
abstract: Analysis of 19 cases of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) with primary manifestation in gonads, diagnosed during 1984-1990 at AFIP Rawalpindi is presented. It constituted 10.4% of all extranodal lymphomas during the same period in this institute. Testis were more commonly involved. Mean age at diagnosis was 60.4 years and only 11.4% cases were below 50 years of age. Majority of the patients reported early (mean duration was 4.2 months). The mean tumour size was 3.2 cm. In a significant number of cases (43.5%). NHL was associated with hydrocoele. Diffuse large cell lymphoma was the predominant (73.70%) subtype in testicular lymphoma. One case of Burkitt's lymphoma presenting as ovarian mass was also noted. Most of these cases (56.4%) were in le stage according to Ann Arbor staging. More clinical work-up is required to delineate the course of this entity in Pakistan.
authors.affiliation: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Rawalpindi.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansoor
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jamal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mushtaq
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saeed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*