title: Lymphoma in adult Nigerians.
abstract: A review of 143 cases of lymphoma seen in adult Nigerians within a period of 10 years at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. There were 95 males and 48 females patients with an age range of 17 to 88 years. There was male sex predominance both for Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 74% of the cases were non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and 26% were Hodgkin's Nodular lymphomas were very few. Most cases of Hodgkin's disease were of the mixed cellularity subtype. Among non-Hodgkin's lymphomas the intermediate grade predominated, the commonest being diffuse large cell lymphoma. Cases of Burkitts's lymphoma were not common in young adults. Immunohistochemistry plays a vital role in lymphoma diagnosis and sometimes in the differential diagnosis with small blue cell tumours.
authors.affiliation: Department of morbid anatomy andforensic medicine Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Adelusola
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Adeniji
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Somotun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D015994:Incidence; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D017678:Sex Distribution