Korean Pediatric/Adolescent Lymphoma - Incidence and Pathologic Characteristics
- Authors
- Lee, Seung-Sook; Kim, Jin-Man; Ko, Young-Hyeh; Huh, Jooryung; Kang, Chang Suk; Kim, Chul Woo; Kang, Yun Kyung; Go, Jai Hyang; Kim, Min Kyung; Kim, Wan-Seop; Kim, Yoon Jung; Kim, Hyun-Jung; Kim, Hee Kyung; Nam, Jong Hee; Moon, Hyung Bae; Park, Chan-Kum; Park, Tae In; Oh, Young-Ha; Lee, Dong Wha; Lee, Jong Sil; Lee, Juhie; Lee, Hyekyung; Lim, Sung-Chul; Jang, Kyu Yun; Chang, Hee-Kyung; Jeon, Yoon Kyung; Jung, Hye Ra; Cho, Min-Sun; Cha, Hee Jeong; Choi, Suk Jin; Han, Jae Ho; Hong, Sook Hee; Kim, Insun
- Issue Date
- 2010
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOCIETY PATHOLOGISTS
- Keywords
- Pediatric lymphoma; Incidence; Korea; Lymphoma
- Citation
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY, v.44, no.2, pp.117 - 124
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
- Volume
- 44
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 117
- End Page
- 124
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/118673
- DOI
- 10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2010.44.2.117
- ISSN
- 1738-1843
- Abstract
- Background: The Hematopathology Study Group of the Korean Society of Pathologists conducted a nation-wide retrospective analysis of Korean pediatric lymphoma, to provide pathologic data on pediatric/adolescent lymphoma subtypes and features. Methods: All lymphoma cases of all age groups were collected during a recent 2 year-period (2005-2006) from 32 institutes in Korea. Among 3,686 lymphoma patients, 142 who were age 18 or less were classified according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification. Results: Among 142 pediatric/adolescent lymphoma patients, Hodgkin lymphoma accounted for 21 (14.8%) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) for 121 (85.2%). Hodgkin lymphoma appears to be more common in the pediatric/adolescent age group than in the all-ages group (14.8% vs 4.4%). T-and natural killer cell-NHL was more common in the pediatric/adolescent age group than in the all ages group (46.3% vs 22%). The majority of Korean pediatric/adolescent NHL cases was composed of Burkitt lymphoma, T- or B-lymphoblastic lymphoma, anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. For lymphoma patients under the age of 6 years, most had B-lymphoblastic or Burkitt lymphoma, which commonly presented at extranodal sites. Conclusions: The distribution of lymphoma subtypes in the pediatric/adolescent age group is quite different from the distribution of adults, but it was quite similar to distribution in Western countries.
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