Spontaneous chylothorax could arise as a complication of Iymphoma. There are no reports on the frequency of it's occurrence. It is associated with a high mortality rate. This is mainly due to severe nutritional deficiencies and wasting. This case describes a patient with non-Hodgkins Iymphoma who developed recurrent bilateral chylothorax requiring repeated pleural aspirations and eventually tal...

Paraneoplastic glomerulopathy has been reported in patients with malignancy.In particular, the association of Nephrotic Syndrome (NS) Hodgkins Lymphoma (HL) is rare and there are few reports literature. Minimal change nephropathy most frequently observed renal lesion whereas this appears, either simultaneously or within several months each other. changes as part paraneoplastic syndrome lymphoid...

An 80 year old man presented with a twelve month history of progressive multiple unilateral cranial nerve palsies. A gadolinium enhanced MRI scan of his head and neck was performed. This showed an extra-axial enhancing lesion, which enveloped the hemi-mandible at the level of the left inferior alveolar nerve, and a dumbbell shaped lesion within the cerebellopontine angle. An incisional biopsy w...

Primary renal lymphoma (PRL) is a rare subtype of non- Hodgkins which represents less than 1% all masses. clinical presentation PRL usually non-specific makes it significance. Accurate and early identification treatment are imperative to achieve improved outcomes. In this paper, we present case primary discusspathophysiology, presentation, imaging characteristics, management, prognosis.

Supported in part by a grant provided by “IASIS” a non-profit organization raising funds for Research in Leukemias, Lymphomas and related disorders come. AAS I/IIA are definitely non-advanced for most study groups. Non-advanced stages are further classified as “early” or “early favourable” and “intermediate” or “early unfavourable” according to the presence of adverse features. Table 1 summariz...

Objective: To determine the proportion of Hodgkins lymphoma in cervical lymphadenopathy. Methodology: This is a prospective study conducted at Isra University Hospital, Hyderabad between January 2002 to December 2006. The data was collected for all patients presenting with cervical lymphadenopathy during the above mentioned period. All the patients with cervical lymphadenopathy were subjected t...

Hodgkins' lymphoma (HL) which has relapsed post or is refractory to autologous bone marrow transplant presents an ongoing treatment challenge. Development of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) for the treatment of HL has aimed to replicate the success of mAb therapy in the treatment on Non Hodgkins Lymphoma. The identification of CD30 as a potential target for treatment has led to the development of a...

Acute leukemia is reported to be less common in developing countries compared to non-Hodgkins lymphomas which is the most common childhood malignancy. A retrospective analysis was performed to identify the clinicopathological features of acute leukemias of childhood at the Oncology Department of Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore. The commonest malignancy in the under 15 years age group was l...

introduction: most b-cell malignancies are diagnosed based on morphologic and immunohistochemical criteria. some cases, however, still present a challenge for the pathologist to discriminate between reactive hyperplasia and neoplastic disorders. molecular techniques can be used as a helpful diagnostic tool in these cases. in this study, we assessed the value of polymerase chain reaction (pcr) t...