Evaluation of Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in the last three years and its relevance to age, sex, site of present and immunohistochemical findings

Abstract

This is a descriptive, analytical, retrospective study to investigate Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in the last 3 years in Tabriz city and northwest of the country in terms of sex, age, site of involvement and immunohistochemical findings. This study seems necessary in terms of obtaining sufficient information about common lymphomas in the northwest of the country, however, until now, sufficient studies have not been conducted in the country, especially in this area. method The research community and work methods of lymphoma patients for the last 3 years refer to Imam Reza Hospital and Pathobiology Laboratory, after which the patients' files were reviewed and data collection was done retrospectively. 659 cases of lymphoma were examined and the necessary information of the study, including the age of the patients, the gender of the patients, the site of involvement, and immunohistochemical findings were extracted and analyzed using statistical methods.

Results 1) Increase in the number of patients diagnosed with lymphoma over time, so that the first year of the study includes 7.7% and the last year includes 40.7% of patients. 2) The most common type of lymphoma: B tuberculosis lymphoma 3) The least type of lymphoma: T tuberculosis lymphoma 59% of patients are men (4 5) The average age of diagnosis is 49.3 years 6) 40% of patients had extranodal involvement. 7) 2 age peaks of lymphoma: 15-34 and 55-70