Distribution of malignant lymphomas among adults at National Cancer Institute – Misurata / Libya

Abstract

Aim: To demonstrate distribution and clinic-pathologic characters of different subtypes of malignant lymphomas.

Method: Retrospective study on hospital-based data, 113 files of lymphoma patients registered in onco-hematology clinic had been reviewed , lymphomas were compared in respect of age, gender, clinical features and viral serology of all patients.

Results: 57 of patients were females and 56 were male, minimum age was 15 y and maximum age was 87 years, nodular swelling of neck was the dominant complaint in  52 cases (46%), B symptoms observed in 27 cases (23.9%) and SVC obstruction seen in 11 cases (9.7%) .

HL cases represent 40 % of our series, and T cell lymphoma cases constitute 11 % of NHL.

NS is the commonest type of HL followed by MC. and DLBCL is the most common

Subtype of NHL followed by SLL-CLL.

Conclusion: Female to male ratio is almost equal in all our patient with no bimodal age distribution in HL, NS is the commonest HL, while DLBCL is the commonest subtype of NHL, and T cell lymphoma patients were young.