Incidence of non Hodgkin’s lymphoma of head and neck in Baghdad City

Abstract EN

Malignant lymphomas in the head and neck region are relatively uncommon but may occur as a part of widely disseminated disease or as a primary lesion.

This study was carried out in an attempt to evaluate the incidence of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of head and neck in Baghdad city over ten years (1990-1999).

Materials and methods: Cases of Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of head and neck in Baghdad city were collected and evaluated regarding sex, age, site and histopathological subtype of tumor.

Results: Out of the total of (426) cases of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of the body, (137) were showed to affect the head and neck region including 78 males and 59 females.

Conclusions: Our findings showed that the principle site affected with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma was the cervical lymph nodes followed by the tonsils with the predominant histopathological subtypes was the lymphocytic Lymphoma followed by Reticular cell sarcoma