Giant follicular lymphoblastoma

Clinico-Pathological Study of Malignant Lymphoma in Jamaica

“…Survival in this group was shorter and prognosis poorer than in other types of malignant lymphoma. This is in agreement with other reported series (Jackson and Parker, 1947;Lumb, 1954;Hurst and Meyer, 1961;Rosenberg et al, 1961;Symmers, 1966).…”

“…This is similar to reports from parts of Africa populated by Negroes (Camain and Lambert, 1964;Davies, 1964;Edington and Maclean, 1964;Oettle, 1964;Wright and Roberts, 1966), as well as those from Asia (Chae Koo Lee et al, 1965;Desai et al, 1965). The features of cases in the present study were 4 similar to those described in other series (Lumb, 1954;Hurst and Meyer, 1961;Rosenberg et al, 1961;Dorfman, 1964;Symmers, 1966).…”

“…As the Jamaican population is predominantly Negro of West African descent, the comparison of the results of the present study with the reports concerning the prevalence of the disease in parts of Africa populated by Negroes, and with those referring to the American Negro may be of special interest. The results of the present study show that the distribution of the different types of malignant lymphoma in Jamaica is similar to the pattern observed in Europe and North America, except for the paucity of giant follicular lymphoma (Gall and Mallory, 1942;Jackson and Parker, 1947;Lumb, 1954;Hurst and Meyer, 1961;Hilton and Sutton, 1962;Symmers, 1966), and differs significantly from the pattern observed in parts of Africa populated by Negroes (Camain and Lambert, 1964;Davies, 1964;Edington and Maclean, 1964;Wright and Roberts, 1966) by the paucity of Burkitt's tumour and a much higher incidence of Hodgkin's disease. Reports from the United States have shown that malignant lymphoma is less common in the American Negro as compared to the white population (Gilliam, 1953;Steiner, 1954;Craver and Miller, 1966).…”

“…A lower incidence in the American Negro has been observed in other types of malignant lymphoma by Rosenberg et al (1961). The paucity of giant follicular lymphoma in the Negro has been noted by Rappaport et al (1956), Hurst and Meyer (1961), and Oettle (1964), and has been stressed by Dorfman (1964). Giant follicular lymphoma is also uncommon in India (Desai et al, 1965), South Korea (Chae Koo Lee et al., 1965), and in Egypt (El-Gazayerli et al, 1964).…”

“…In parts of Africa populated by Negroes (Camain and Lambert, 1964;Davies, 1964;Edington and Maclean, 1965; Wright and Roberts, 1966), there is a different pattern of malignant lymphoma from that seen in Europe and North America (Gall and Mallory, 1942;Jackson and Parker, 1947;Lumb, 1954; Hurst and Meyer, 1961;Symmers, 1966).…”