Incidence of B-cell Leukemia Among Kurdish People in Erbil City

Abstract

This study was carried out in Nanakaly hospital for blood disease in Erbil city, during November 2013 to November 2014. The study was designed to investigate the prevalence of different types of leukemia in Erbil Province in Kurdistan Region.138 cases were studied of different types of leukemia diagnosed by peripheral blood count, peripheral blood smear examination, bone marrow aspiration and immune-phenotyping by flow cytometery. The results showed that from 138 patients, 68 (49.28%) patients suffered with B-cell lineage disorders, while 44(31.88%) patients afflicted with myloid lineage disorders fllowed by 13(9.42%) patients affected with T-cell lineage disorders. The results showed that from 68 patients, 38 (55.88%) affected with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) followed by 26 (38.24%) chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), 3 (4.41%) and 1 (1.47%) of patients represent hairy cell leukemia (HCL) and Burkett's lymphoma respectively. The result indicated obvious relation between age and B-cell leukemia, BALL was most frequent in children and B-CLL related to older age.