1.Clinicopathologic and immunophenotypic study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Korea.
Chul Woo KIM ; In Sun KIM ; Young Haeh KO ; Hye Je CHO ; Woo Ick YANG ; Geon Young KWON ; Dong Geun LEE ; Hyung Bae MOON ; Chae Hong SUH ; Sang Woo JUHNG ; Jung Dal LEE ; Sang Ho KIM
Journal of Korean Medical Science 1992;7(3):193-198
This study sponsored by the Lymphoreticular Study Group of the Korean Society of Pathologists was carried out to provide nationwide data about the histopathologic-immunophenotypic features of malignant lymphomas in Korea. Two hundred and ninety Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) among 312 malignant lymphomas collected from three representative areas in Korea were histologically reclassified. Two hundred and fifty three cases were immunohistochemically studied. T-cell lymphoma comprised 35.2% of NHL in this study and showed a quite comparable incidence to that of Japan and China, but it was much higher than in Western countries. A very low prevalence rate of the follicular variety (4.0%) and a higher propensity of primary extranodal involvement (60%) are additional characteristics of NHL in Korea. The most common histologic subtype of B cell lymphoma was diffuse large cell type, whereas the most common subtype of T cell lymphoma was diffuse mixed small and large cell type.
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Immunophenotyping
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Korea
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Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/classification/*immunology/*pathology
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