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Aga Khan University

2006

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Blood And Body Fluid Exposure And Risk To Health Care Workers, Afia Zafar Jan 2006

Blood And Body Fluid Exposure And Risk To Health Care Workers, Afia Zafar

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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Small B Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma In Pakistan, Kanwal Aftab, Yasmin Bhurgri, Shahid Pervez Jan 2006

Small B Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma In Pakistan, Kanwal Aftab, Yasmin Bhurgri, Shahid Pervez

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Objective: To study the pattern of small B cell lymphomas in Pakistan.

Methods: This descriptive study was carried out at the Aga Khan University Hospital pathology department including 1721 cases of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL) diagnosed during a period of five years (1998-2002) and classified according to REAL/WHO classification. The antibodies used included Leukocyte Common Antigen (LCA), Pan B (CD20, CD79a), Pan T (UCHL-1), Bcl 2, Mib 1(Ki 67) and Cyclin D1 (Dako, Denmark).

Results: Out of the 1721 NHL cases, only 140 (8.1%) could be categorized as small B-cell NHL. The study group comprised small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia (58 …