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Non-Hodgkins lymphoma of the head and neck: experience in the Grampian area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

I. J. Neilly
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB9 2ZB.
A. A. Dawson*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB9 2ZB.
D. Russell
Affiliation:
Dept. of Community Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
M. R. Laing
Affiliation:
Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness.
*
Department of Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

Abstract

The records of 44 cases of non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL) presenting to the ear, nose and throat department in the Grampian area from 1980–1988 were examined in relation to site of occurrence, histology, age at presentation, clinical stage, treatment and survival. The median age was 67 years and there was a preponderance of high grade histology, especially in disease affecting the tonsil. Most deaths occurred in the first year; patients with high grade disease and those in stages three and four had a significantly poorer survival during the first year. The site of disease had no influence on survival.

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