Patterns of bone marrow aspiration confirmed hematological malignancies in Eritrean National Health Laboratory
| Autor: | Natnael, Belai, Amon Solomon, Ghebrenegus, Amin Ata, Alamin, Anim Ata, Alamin, Ghirmay, Embaye, Amanuel Kidane, Andegiorgish |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Anemia Chronic lymphocytic leukemia Distribution Eritrea 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Bone marrow aspiration Molecular Biology Multiple myeloma Acute leukemia medicine.diagnostic_test lcsh:RC633-647.5 business.industry Myelodysplastic syndromes Correction lcsh:Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs Hematology medicine.disease Bone marrow examination medicine.anatomical_structure Hematologic malignancies Bone marrow business 030215 immunology Chronic myelogenous leukemia |
| Zdroj: | BMC Hematology BMC Hematology, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2052-1839 |
| Popis: | Background Even though the incidences of hematologic malignancies have received considerable attentions globally, there is paucity of information on patterns of hematologic malignancy in Eritrea. The study was conducted to determine the distribution of various hematologic malignancies among patients who have received bone marrow examination, in the Eritrean National Health Laboratory. Methods A retrospective descriptive study design was used to determine the patterns of Hematologic malignancies diagnosed at the Eritrean National Health Laboratory from October 2015 to July 2017. Results Out of 207 patients who did bone marrow aspiration 52 patients were hematologic malignancy cases. The male to female ratio was 1:1. The age of the patients ranged from 2 to 80 years. Of the 52 patients 19, were less than 20 years of age and the remaining 33 were 20 years and above. Acute leukemia was the most common hematologic malignancy in the study area. It affected 18 of the cases followed by chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, multiple myeloma, and myeloprofilerative neoplasms. The presenting signs and symptoms in their decreasing frequency were generalized body weakness/fatigue, splenomegaly, fever, anemia, and lymphadenopathy. More than two-third of the patients had total leukocyte count greater than 10,000/μl. Conclusion This study shows that hematologic malignancies are not uncommon in Eritrea. |
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