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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Published in:Journal of health, population and nutrition population and nutrition, 2011-08, Vol.29 (4), p.310-316
Main Authors: 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.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Analysis
Biopsy
Cancer
Care and treatment
Diagnosis
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Female
Health aspects
Health Transition
Histology
HIV
HIV (Viruses)
Hospitals, University
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Lymphocytes
Lymphoma
Lymphoma - epidemiology
Lymphomas
Male
Nigeria
Nigeria - epidemiology
Non Hodgkin lymphoma
Original Papers
Prevalence
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Sclerosis
Statistics
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1606-0997
2072-1315
DOI:10.3329/jhpn.v29i4.8446