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Incidence of non Hodgkin’s lymphoma of head and neck in Baghdad city | ||
| Journal of baghdad college of dentistry | ||
| Article 1, Volume 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-37 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Muna S. Merza; Ahlam H. Majeed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Malignant lymphomas in the head and neck region are relatively uncommon but may occur as a part of widely disseminated disease or as a primary lesion. This study was carried out in an attempt to evaluate the incidence of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of head and neck in Baghdad city over ten years (1990-1999). Materials and methods: Cases of Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of head and neck in Baghdad city were collected and evaluated regarding sex, age, site and histopathological subtype of tumor. Results: Out of the total of (426) cases of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of the body, (137) were showed to affect the head and neck region including 78 males and 59 females. Conclusions: Our findings showed that the principle site affected with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma was the cervical lymph nodes followed by the tonsils with the predominant histopathological subtypes was the lymphocytic Lymphoma followed by Reticular cell sarcoma. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Non Hodgkin; head and neck | ||
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