title: Malignant lymphomas in Papua New Guinea: an immunohistological study of 125 cases.
abstract: A total of 179 cases of lymphoma, both nodal and extranodal, recorded in the Papua New Guinea Tumor Registry were reviewed and classified by the updated Kiel classification. Fifteen (8.4%) were Hodgkin's disease, 39 (21.8%) probable Burkitt's lymphoma (poorly preserved), 46 (25.7%) Burkitt's lymphoma, 33 (18.4%) Burkitt's-like lymphoma, 36 (20.1%) other B-cell subtypes and 10 (5.6%) T-cell lymphoma. No case of follicular B-cell lymphoma was encountered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Papua New Guinea.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: SenGupta
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ades
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cooke
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000737:chemistry / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000737:chemistry / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D010219:Papua New Guinea / Q000453:epidemiology