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A Banfi

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PubMed1975

Staging laparotomy in non-Hodgkin's lymphomata.

Staging laparotomy was performed in 106 selected untreated adults and in 6 children. In adults the histological pattern at initial biopsy was interpreted as nodular lymphoma in 33% and as diffuse lymphoma in 67%. Diffuse histiocytic was the most frequently observed histological subtype in the present series (54%). Diffuse undifferentiated lymphoma was noted in 2/6 children. Waldeyer's ring involvement was noted in 27% of adult patients. Systemic symptoms were present in 7%. Surgery detected occult lesions in 27% of patients (para-aortic nodes 3%, spleen 12%, liver 12%, coeliac nodes 15%, splenic hilar nodes 26%, mesenteric nodes 15%, gastrointestinal tract 1%, bone marrow 12%). The chance of detecting splenic and hepatic involvement was definitely higher in patients with nodal disease above and below the diaphragm in comparison with those with either supra-diaphragmatic or infra-diaphragmatic adenopathy. Lymphography yielded a 96% accuracy proving once more to be a sufficiently reliable diagnostic method. Staging laparotomy is a useful procedure in non-Hodgkin's lymphomata in order to gain information on the natural history and to plan treatment. It remains to be determined whether findings observed through surgical staging will lead to improved treatment and survival.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1972

Malignant lymphomas of Waldeyer's ring: natural history and survival after radiotherapy.

The natural history of 292 consecutive cases of reticulum cell sarcoma and lymphosarcoma of Waldeyer's ring and the survival rate after radiotherapy are reported. In our institute since 1928 from 30 to 35% of pharyngeal neoplasms have been lymphomas, and of these 55% have been reticulum cell sarcomas, 21% lymphosarcomas, and 1% Hodgkin's disease. This high incidence may probably be ascribed to the fact that in all malignant lymphomas, irrespective of the clinical presentation, a systematic biopsy of the whole Waldeyer's ring was carried out. Pharyngeal lymphomas were confined to Waldeyer's ring in 19.6% of cases, with initial spread to contiguous cervical nodes in 43.8%, to distant nodes in 24.2%, and to extranodal tissues in 12.4%. Lymphography showed abnormal retroperitoneal lymph nodes in 38.3% of cases. There was gastrointestinal involvement either initially or later in 17.6% of cases. High-energy radiation therapy to both sides of the neck was the treatment of choice for local and regional disease. It achieved a five-year survival rate of 41.9% in the group of 97 patients treated during the past decade. The incidence of relapse (recurrence and new manifestations) was highest in the first year after treatment.

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