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Jejunum/pathology , Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/diagnosis , Aged , Anemia/etiology , Contrast Media , Diagnosis, Differential , Gadolinium , Hemorrhage/etiology , Hemorrhage/surgery , Humans , Image Enhancement/methods , Jejunum/surgery , Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/complications , Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/surgery , Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods , Male , Weight LossABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To evaluate the frequency and the main features of patients with hematological neoplasms (HNs) who were diagnosed between 1992-2005 at the Izmir Ataturk Education and Research Hospital (IAEAH), affiliated with Izmir Cancer Registry (ICR) database. METHODS: A total of 2,424 HNs were recorded with reference to ICD-0-3 according to Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data among 20,895 recorded cancer patients from 1993 to 2005. The percentages of male and female patients were 58.5% and 41.5%, respectively. The age ranges were as follows: 15-44 years (37.3%), 45-64 (36%), and > 64 (26.6%). One thousand and nineteen (56%) patients had B cell and 108 (5.9%) patients had T/NK (natural killer) cell lymphoid neoplasms. One hundred and ninety-four (10.7%) patients had lymphoblastic leukemia, 267 (14.7%) had Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL), and 603 (24.9%) had myeloid leukemia. Three hundred and five (16.7%) patients had extranodal involvement (in 1821 regions). The major extranodal location was the stomach. CONCLUSION: It seems that our data make a contribution to the relevant literature, because the epidemiologic data of Turkey are inadequate, and hematopoietic neoplasms have different geographic distribution.
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Hematologic Neoplasms/epidemiology , Hematologic Neoplasms/pathology , Registries , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Incidence , Male , Middle Aged , Turkey/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Kimura's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of uncertain etiology which involves subcutaneous tissue, presents as a tumor-like lesion and predominantly occurs in the head and neck region. Radiotherapy has been used for treating unresectable or recurrent lesions. We report a 32-year-old male who presented with a mass on the right side of the neck. The mass measured 52 x 40 mm. Peripheral eosinophilia and 5-fold increase in serum IgE level were found. Pathological evaluation following subtotal excision of the mass confirmed Kimura's disease and the patient was given prednisolone p.o. Local recurrence was observed one month later for which the patient received local radiotherapy. No recurrence has been observed up to 30 months in the post-radiotherapy period. Effective radiotherapy given in a favorable schedule and dosage could be a highly effective alternative when other treatment modalities are unsuccessful.
