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- Original Article Korean Pediatric/Adolescent Lymphoma: Incidence and Pathologic Characteristics.
- Seung Sook Lee, Jin Man Kim, Young Hyeh Ko, Jooryung Huh, Chang Suk Kang, Chul Woo Kim, Yun Kyung Kang, Jai Hyang Go, Min Kyung Kim, Wan Seop Kim, Yoon Jung Kim, Hyun Jung Kim, Hee Kyung Kim, Jong Hee Nam, Hyung Bae Moon, Chan Kum Park, Tae In Park, Young Ha Oh, Dong Wha Lee, Jong Sil Lee, Juhie Lee, Hyekyung Lee, Sung Chul Lim, Kyu Yun Jang, Hee Kyung Chang, Yoon Kyung Jeon, Hye Ra Jung, Min Sun Cho, Hee Jeong Cha, Suk Jin Choi, Jae Ho Han, Sook Hee Hong, Insun Kim
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Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine 2010;44(2):117-124
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2010.44.2.117
2Department of Pathology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
3Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
4Department of Pathology, Ulsan University Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
5Department of Pathology, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
6Department of Pathology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
7Department of Pathology, Seoul Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
8Department of Pathology, Dankook University, Seoul, Korea.
9Department of Pathology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
10Department of Pathology, Konkuk Univeristy, Seoul, Korea.
11Department of Pathology, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
12Department of Pathology, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
13Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea.
14Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.
15Department of Pathology, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea.
16Department of Pathology, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
17Department of Pathology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.
18Department of Pathology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Korea.
19Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Asan, Korea.
20Department of Pathology, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.
21Department of Pathology, KyungHee University, Seoul, Korea.
22Department of Pathology, Eulji University Daejeon Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
23Department of Pathology, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
24Department of Pathology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea.
25Department of Pathology, Kosin University, Busan, Korea.
26Department of Pathology, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea.
27Department of Pathology, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
28Department of Pathology, Ulsan University, Ulsan, Korea.
29Department of Pathology, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
30Department of Pathology, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.
31Department of Pathology, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea.
32Department of Pathology, Korea University Medical College, Seoul, Korea. iskim@korea.ac.kr
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
The Hematopathology Study Group of the Korean Society of Pathologists conducted a nation-wide retrospective analysis of Korean pediatric lymphoma, to provide pathologic data on pediatric/adolescent lymphoma subtypes and features.
METHODS
All lymphoma cases of all age groups were collected during a recent 2 year-period (2005-2006) from 32 institutes in Korea. Among 3,686 lymphoma patients, 142 who were age 18 or less were classified according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification.
RESULTS
Among 142 pediatric/adolescent lymphoma patients, Hodgkin lymphoma accounted for 21 (14.8%) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) for 121 (85.2%). Hodgkin lymphoma appears to be more common in the pediatric/adolescent age group than in the all-ages group (14.8% vs 4.4%). T- and natural killer cell-NHL was more common in the pediatric/adolescent age group than in the all ages group (46.3% vs 22%). The majority of Korean pediatric/adolescent NHL cases was composed of Burkitt lymphoma, T- or B-lymphoblastic lymphoma, anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. For lymphoma patients under the age of 6 years, most had B-lymphoblastic or Burkitt lymphoma, which commonly presented at extranodal sites.
CONCLUSIONS
The distribution of lymphoma subtypes in the pediatric/adolescent age group is quite different from the distribution of adults, but it was quite similar to distribution in Western countries.
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