International Journal of Hematology and Oncology
2023, Vol 33, Num 4 Page(s): 063-067
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PRIMARY EXTRANODAL LYMPHOMA: THE COMPARİSON OF CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS WITH NODAL LYMPHOMA
Doğan UNCU1, Nuriye ÖZDEMİR1, Şebnem KARAKAN2, Berna Çakmak ÖKSÜZOĞLU1, Nurullah ZENGİN1
1Ankara Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Tıbbi Onkoloji Kliniği
2Ankara Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi 3. Dahiliye Kliniği
Keywords: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Extranodal
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) are classified as nodal and extranodal lymphoma according to their primary site of origin. The incidence of extranodal lymphoma varies between 24-48% in different series. Between January 1994 to December 2001, 174 NHL patients diagnosed and treated at the Department of Internal Medicine in Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital were evaluated retrospectively according to their clinicopathological features. Sixty five (37.4%) of these patients were of extranodal origin. The most common site of extranodal lymphoma was gastrointestinal system (44.6%). The clinicopathological features of nodal and extranodal lymphomas were compared in this study. In nodal group B symptoms, bulky disease and bone marrow infiltration were statistically higher compared with extranodal group (p<0,05). The difference can be explained by the late onset of symptoms of advanced stage disease in patients with nodal lymphoma and by the late admission of those patients.
Doğan UNCU1, Nuriye ÖZDEMİR1, Şebnem KARAKAN2, Berna Çakmak ÖKSÜZOĞLU1, Nurullah ZENGİN1
1Ankara Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Tıbbi Onkoloji Kliniği
2Ankara Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi 3. Dahiliye Kliniği
Keywords: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Extranodal
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) are classified as nodal and extranodal lymphoma according to their primary site of origin. The incidence of extranodal lymphoma varies between 24-48% in different series. Between January 1994 to December 2001, 174 NHL patients diagnosed and treated at the Department of Internal Medicine in Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital were evaluated retrospectively according to their clinicopathological features. Sixty five (37.4%) of these patients were of extranodal origin. The most common site of extranodal lymphoma was gastrointestinal system (44.6%). The clinicopathological features of nodal and extranodal lymphomas were compared in this study. In nodal group B symptoms, bulky disease and bone marrow infiltration were statistically higher compared with extranodal group (p<0,05). The difference can be explained by the late onset of symptoms of advanced stage disease in patients with nodal lymphoma and by the late admission of those patients.
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