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Frequency of malignancy in cervical lymphadenopathy
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نویسنده
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hafeez m. ,sakhawat ent departments khyber teaching hospital ,yousaf m. ,inayatullah ent departments khyber teaching hospital ,khan a.r.
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منبع
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journal of medical sciences (peshawar) - 2011 - دوره : 19 - شماره : 3 - صفحه:138 -140
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چکیده
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Objectives: to determine the frequency of malignancy in cervical lymphadenopathy. material and methods: this descriptive study was carried out at departments of ent khyber teaching hospital,peshawar and dhq hospital,haripur over a period of 2 years from march,2006 to february,2008. a total of 97 cases were included. fine needle aspiration cytology (fnac) and lymph node biopsy were done in patients who presented with cervical lymphadenopathy. results: out of 97 patients,thirty eight patients (39.4%) showed malignancy. nineteen (50%) had metastatic carcinoma,7 (18.4%) hodgkin's disease,7 (18.4%) diffuse large b-cell lymphoma and 5 (18.2%) had non-hodgkin lymphoma. conclusion: this study concludes that metastatic carcinoma is one of the common cause of malignant cervical lymphadenopathy followed by lymphoma.
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کلیدواژه
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Excision biopsy; Lymphadenopathy; Malignancy
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ent departments khyber teaching hospital, Pakistan, district headquarter hospital, Pakistan, ent departments khyber teaching hospital, Pakistan
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