التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
The abdominal sonographic features of burkitt's lymphoma in patients seen at Uganda Cancer Institute, Mulago Hospital, Kampala |
| المؤلفون: |
Kwitonda, Pascal |
| سنة النشر: |
2009 |
| المجموعة: |
Makerere University's Institutional Repository (Mak IR) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Nurkitt's lymphoma, Cancer in children, Uganda Cancer Institute, Mulago hospital, Uganda, Facial bone tumours, Intra abdominal masses |
| الوصف: |
A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Master of Medicine in Radiology of Makerere University. ; INTRODUCTION: Burkitt lymohoma is a B-cell lymphoma presenting in three main clinical variants: the endemic, the sporadic and the immunodeficiency-associated variants. In Uganda, Burkitt’s lymphoma represents 50-70% of childhood cancers presenting mainly as facial tumour. Diagnosis depends on tissue examination. Imaging provides very useful diagnostic and staging information. Characteristically abdominal BL sonographically presents as well defined solid hypoechoic mass with mass effect; they lack calcifications and are a vascular on colour Doppler study. Ultrasound therefore plays an important auxiliary role in early detection and diagnosis of this potentially curable tumour and can be used to predict the prognosis. OBJECTIVES: The major objective of the study was to describe the sonographic features of BL and to relate them with the clinical features and laboratory findings in order to determine the prognostic benefit of abdominal ultrasound in patients with BL at the UCI-Mulago hospital. METHODOLOGY: This case series was conducted In UCI and Department of Radiology-Mulago hospital from march 2009 to September 2009. Sixty (60) patients with confirmed BL had abdominal ultrasonography done before initiation of chemotherapy and at one month after initiation of chemotherapy. RESULTS: Sixty (60) patients participated in the study. The age range was 3-18 years with a mean of 7.2 and standard deviation of 2.98. The peak incidence was between 5-9 years. There were 43 (71.7%) males and 17(28.3%) females. Facial bone tumours remained the commonest clinical finding however, the commonest single presenting compalit was palpable abdominal mass with pain in 31(51.7%) patients. Abdominal ultrasound showed that 40 (66.7%) of all patients had intra abdominal masses. Forty four (73.3%) patients had the tumours involving other parts of the body. Mpst patients presented with stage D ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
master thesis |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1277Test |
| الإتاحة: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1277Test |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.3479E63D |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
