[Chronic lymphoid leukemia in the Ivory Coast. (69 cases)]

Med Trop (Mars). 1991 Oct-Dec;51(4):417-20.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report on sixty-nine cases of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. This report describes the result over a period of eleven years. We have pointed out that chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is most frequent in adults. It occurs on adult (mean age fifty years) with a maximum between forty-one and fifty years old. It is in agreement with others series described elsewhere in Africa. We have noted a predominance in women. The splenomegalia is the predominant clinical sign as it was related also in Africa countries.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Chlorambucil / therapeutic use
  • Cote d'Ivoire / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / drug therapy
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / epidemiology*
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / physiopathology
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sex Factors
  • Splenomegaly

Substances

  • Chlorambucil