Management of abdominal  Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children in Mosel

Esmaeel Kais Alwattar Fawzi S.Shehab Aljomaily, Osama

	Management of abdominal Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children in Mosel
Medical Journal of Tikrit
Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 181, 2012, Pages 100-105
Author
Osama Esmaeel Kais Alwattar Fawzi S.Shehab Aljomaily
Abstract
A Case series study include 34 child with abdominal NHL treated in AL- Khanssa teaching hospital in Mosel between January 2001 and January 2010 . 34 children with abdominal NHL treated ,complete history and full examination done, with investigations which include hematological and radiological study. Fine needle aspiration cytology from the abdominal mass done in some patient. For those patients underwent laparatomy, a uniform policy was made to resect the tumor if possible or to debulk the tumor irrespective to the diseases spread, and if this was not possible to perform only a biopsy .The resected specimen sent for histopathology. All patients send for chemotherapy. The total number was 34 patients, 25 male, 9 female. Male to female ratio is 2.8 / 1. Age ranges between 2 and 14 years, in eight patients FNA cytology done, Six out of 34 presented with acute abdomen three patients had intestinal obstruction. One patient present with multiple abdominal mass. Twenty-eight patients presented with palpable abdominal mass or masses without acute symptoms. Burkett’s lymphomas are the most common type of abdominal NHL makes 30 patients (90%), Lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) three patients (8%), and Large cell lymphoma (LCL) one patient (2%).

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