Identification of the spectrum of lymphomas, specific subtypes, and the limitations in the diagnosis; a descriptive study at two tertiary care centres in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Background: According to the National Cancer Registry of 2019, lymphoma was the eighth commonest malignancy in males and the tenth commonest malignancy in females in Sri Lanka. There is only one previously published study on the distribution of lymphoma subtypes in the Sri Lankan population. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to describe the morphological spectrum and the pattern distribution of subtypes of lymphomas in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) classification 2016, and to identify the limitations encountered in the process of laboratory diagnosis. Method: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study carried out in Departments of Histopathology of the