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[Hodgkin's disease: epidemiological and anatomopathological aspects]
A Mbakop1, J L Essame Oyono, G Michel
1Département de Pathologie, Centre Universitaire des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Yaoundé, République du Cameroun.
Archives D'Anatomie Et De Cytologie Pathologiques
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Only seventy cases of Hodgkin's disease were reported in Cameroon over a twelve-year period (1979-1989), which represents about six cases a year. Hodgkin's disease therefore seems to be rare in Cameroon where it will be useful to follow its epidemiological course. At the present time, 81.5% of patients are male and children aged 10 to 19 are mostly affected. Type I (lymphocytic predominance) is the more frequent, representing 40% of cases. Biopsy leading to the diagnosis is mainly performed on cervical lymph nodes (58% of cases).