@article {Aljufairi736, author = {Eman A. Aljufairi and Sara M. George and Safa A. Alshaikh and Ameera A. Radhi and Rawia M. Mohamed}, title = {Spectrum of lymphoma in Bahrain}, volume = {39}, number = {7}, pages = {736--739}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.15537/smj.2018.7.23065}, publisher = {Saudi Medical Journal}, abstract = {Objectives: To determine the spectrum of various types of lymphoma in Bahrain according to the latest World Health Organization classification criteria.Methods: A retrospective review was conducted for all new lymphoma cases diagnosed at Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain during the period from January 2010 to December 2015.Results: Two hundred and twenty-one new cases of lymphoma in Bahraini patients were diagnosed in the study period. Eighty patients had Hodgkin lymphoma, 140 had non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and one patient had composite lymphoma. In the Hodgkin lymphoma group, nodular sclerosis type was the most frequent type (48.75\%), followed by mixed-cellularity type (27.5\%), and nodular-lymphocyte predominant type (16.25\%). In the non-Hodgkin lymphoma group, 124 (88.6\%) cases were B-cell lymphomas, while the remaining were T-cell lymphomas. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was the most frequent type of non-Hodgkin B-cell type lymphoma (55.7\%), followed by follicular lymphoma (10\%).Conclusion: The distribution of lymphoma in Bahrain is similar to neighboring Middle East countries with a predominance of Hodgkin lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.}, issn = {0379-5284}, URL = {https://smj.org.sa/content/39/7/736}, eprint = {https://smj.org.sa/content/39/7/736.full.pdf}, journal = {Saudi Medical Journal} }