Background: Lymphadenopathy is a common clinical problem here in Kano, Northern Nigeria but there has been no formal study. We therefore undertook this review to evaluate the pattern in our locality Method: This is a seven-year (1998-2004) retrospective review of all histologically diagnosed lymph node biopsies received at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano. Results: Cervical, axillary and inguinal nodes were the most frequently biopsied accounting for 46%, 23% and 13%, while tuberculosis, lymphomas and metastases were the most commonly diagnosed lesions comprising 30%, 24% and 19% respectively. In general, benign lesions were more common constituting 57% of nodal biopsies. Lymphadenopathy was observed to be most prevalent in the first thre...
Introduction: Lymphadenopathy is a common clinical presentation of patients attending outdoor patien...
Background and objective: Lymphadenopathy is a common medical problem. A lymph node biopsy may be ne...
In Africa, epidemiological data on the effect of the HIV epidemic on the occurrence of lymphomas are...
Background: Lymphadenopathy is a common clinical problem here in Kano, Northern Nigeria but there ha...
Background: The lymphoreticular system plays a major role in both the innate and adaptive immune res...
Lymph nodes are discrete ovoid lymphoid structures that are widely distributed throughout the body. ...
Aim: Peripheral lymphadenopathy remains an extremely common clinical problem in Paediatrics. To defi...
Lymphadenopathy is a common clinical presentation of disease in South Africa (SA), particularly in t...
Lymphadenopathy is a common clinical presentation of disease in South Africa (SA), particularly in t...
Background: Lymphadenopathy is one of the common palpable superficial tumours in the body. The diagn...
Aim: To determine the pattern and causes of lymph node enlargement of cervical region in Ibadan, Nig...
Introduction: Lymph node biopsies are routinely performed for the evaluation of lymphadenopathies. T...
Background: Lymphadenopathy is a common manifestation of a large variety of disorders,both benign an...
Lymph node excision biopsy is commonly canied out for the investigation of lymphadenopathy. The obje...
Background: Lymphadenopathy is one of the most common clinical presentations among patients of all a...
Introduction: Lymphadenopathy is a common clinical presentation of patients attending outdoor patien...
Background and objective: Lymphadenopathy is a common medical problem. A lymph node biopsy may be ne...
In Africa, epidemiological data on the effect of the HIV epidemic on the occurrence of lymphomas are...
Background: Lymphadenopathy is a common clinical problem here in Kano, Northern Nigeria but there ha...
Background: The lymphoreticular system plays a major role in both the innate and adaptive immune res...
Lymph nodes are discrete ovoid lymphoid structures that are widely distributed throughout the body. ...
Aim: Peripheral lymphadenopathy remains an extremely common clinical problem in Paediatrics. To defi...
Lymphadenopathy is a common clinical presentation of disease in South Africa (SA), particularly in t...
Lymphadenopathy is a common clinical presentation of disease in South Africa (SA), particularly in t...
Background: Lymphadenopathy is one of the common palpable superficial tumours in the body. The diagn...
Aim: To determine the pattern and causes of lymph node enlargement of cervical region in Ibadan, Nig...
Introduction: Lymph node biopsies are routinely performed for the evaluation of lymphadenopathies. T...
Background: Lymphadenopathy is a common manifestation of a large variety of disorders,both benign an...
Lymph node excision biopsy is commonly canied out for the investigation of lymphadenopathy. The obje...
Background: Lymphadenopathy is one of the most common clinical presentations among patients of all a...
Introduction: Lymphadenopathy is a common clinical presentation of patients attending outdoor patien...
Background and objective: Lymphadenopathy is a common medical problem. A lymph node biopsy may be ne...
In Africa, epidemiological data on the effect of the HIV epidemic on the occurrence of lymphomas are...