Malignant lymphoma--a 15-year study report.
Analysis of incidence of different types of malignancies during 15 years showed occurrence of malignant lymphoma in 192 cases (4.1%). There were 82 cases (42.7%) of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and 110 cases (57.3%) of Hodgkin's disease. Lymphocytic lymphoma, the major type observed among the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with 58 cases (30.21%), showed a preponderance of well differentiated type (40 cases). Other cases in this group comprised mixed cellularity (2.08%), histiocytic (3.64%) and unclassified one (6.77%). Analysis of the Hodgkin's disease cases showed majority in it belonged to the mixed cellularity type (44.5%) followed by the lymphocytic predominant type (27.3%), lymphocytic depletion type (18.2%) and nodular sclerosing type (10%). The incidence of 14 cases of extranodal lymphomas was 7.3% among the lymphomas with maximum occurrence in the gastrointestinal tract (42.8%).
Dasgupta
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Department of Pathology, RG Kar Medical College, Calcutta.
Mukherjee
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Ghosh
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Sengupta
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000453:epidemiology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors