A pattern of lymphadenopathies seen in a tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan

• Published in: Turkish journal of medical sciences
• Main Authors: NASEEM, Sobia Sadiq, H.NAGI, Abdul, ASHRAF, Muhammad, BİLAL, Saira, AKHLAQ, Maham, HENNA, Nausheen, SAMI, Waqas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2011
• Subjects: Key words: Tuberculous lymphadenopathy, cervical lymphadenopathy, Hodgkin's lymphomas, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, metastatic carcinomas
• ISSN: 1303-6165; 1300-0144
• DOI: 10.3906/sag-1001-546

This cross sectional study was conducted to assess various clinicopathological parameters in 1785 patients from various regions of Punjab. Materials and methods: These cases were collected from Gulab Devi Chest Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. The data were collected from all patients during a period of 2 years, from June 2006 to June 2008. All the cases were diagnosed after routine hematoxylin and eosin staining. Results: Our observations revealed that the most prevalent lymphadenopathy in these patients was tuberculous lymphadenitis 53% (n = 946), and the most common group of lymph nodes involved is cervical lymph nodes. A significant association was observed between tuberculosis and gender (P < 0.01) as 69.13% (n = 654) of the females presented with tuberculous lymphadenitis that was seen only in 30.86% (n = 292) of the males. Hodgkin's lymphoma was seen in 72 (4.03%) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 27 (1.51%) patients. These lymphomas were seen more in the male patients as compared to the female ones (P < 0.008 and