title: Clinico-Hematological Findings for Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma: an Institutional Experience.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma (cHL) is a B-cell lymphoid neoplasm characterized by a distinctive biological behavior with potentially curable disease characteristics. It is an uncommon hematological malignancy which primarily affects younger individuals. The rationale of this study was to determine its clinico-hematological profile along with stage strati cation in Pakistani patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this descriptive study, adult patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma were enrolled from January 2010 to December 2014.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty two histopathologically con rmed cases of cHL were identified. There were 42 males and 20 females, with a male to female ratio of 2:1. The mean age was 29.7±13.8 years with the median age of 30. B symptoms were present in 72.5% of patients. Histopathologically, the mixed cellularity type constituted 62.9% of cases, followed by nodular sclerosis in 25.8%, lymphocyte predominant in 9.6% and lymphocyte depleted in 1.6%. Stages I and II were present in 43.5% of patients at disease presentation, with 56.4% in stages III and IV.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our analysis shows that clinico-pathological features of Hodgkin's lymphoma in Pakistan are comparable to published data. Mixed cellularity is the commonest histological variant and advanced stage at presentation are common findings in our patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology & Blood Bank, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan E-mail : sadiasultan96@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Sadia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sultan
authors.forename: Syed Mohammed
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Irfan
authors.forename: Saira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parveen
authors.forename: Saif
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ali
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan