A Fifteen-year Review of Lymphomas in a Nigerian Tertiary Healthcare Centre

In Africa, epidemiological data on the effect of the HIV epidemic on the occurrence of lymphomas are scanty. The 1990s witnessed the alarming rates of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria increased from 1.8% in 1991 to 4.4% in 2005. The aim of this study was to determine whethe...

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Autores principales: Oluwasola, A. Olayiwola, Olaniyi, John A., Otegbayo, Jesse A., Ogun, Gabriel O., Akingbola, Titi S., Ukah, Cornelius O., Akang, Effiong E.U., Aken'Ova, Yetunde A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3190361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21957669
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Sumario:In Africa, epidemiological data on the effect of the HIV epidemic on the occurrence of lymphomas are scanty. The 1990s witnessed the alarming rates of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria increased from 1.8% in 1991 to 4.4% in 2005. The aim of this study was to determine whether there have been any changes in the frequency and pattern of lymphomas in view of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country. This is a retrospective study of all lymphoma cases diagnosed during 1991-2005. The prevalence of lymphomas declined from 1.4% to 0.7% of surgical biopsies during 1991-2005. There was a decline in the proportion of high-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Burkitt's lymphoma from 79.1% and 45.8% respectively to 21.1% and 13.6% respectively. There is a suggestion that the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country may not have influenced the pattern of occurrence of both major histomorphological types of lymphoma in Ibadan.

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