Author(s)

Daouda Kone¹, Yao Nicaise Atimere¹, Zana Ismael Coulibaly², Ulrich Acko³, Sogbety Eric Diomande⁴, Maimouna Toure⁵, Pr Aissata Tolo⁶

¹Hematology Ward of University and Teaching Hospital of Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
²Pathologist Ward of University and Teaching Hospital of Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
³Internal Medecine Ward of University and Teaching Hospital of Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
⁴Internal Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
⁵Department of Biology, Abidjan, Cote d’ivoire.
⁶Department of Hematology, Abidjan, Côte d’ivoire.

Objective: Making the interest of using immunohistochemistry clear in addition to histological test in the diagnosis of lymphomas. Methods: This is a retrospective study from January 2011 to June 2013 involving 18 cases of lymphomas collected in the teaching hospitals of Treichville and Yopougon. Results: 1) 38.88% diagnosis of LMNH B large-cell in histology against 38.88% LDGCB with IHC. 2) 11.11% diagnosis of LMNH small cell in histology against 11.11% with IHC. 3) 5.55% diagnosis of T lymphoma in histology against 27.77% diagnosis of T lymphoma with IHC. 4) 5.55% diagnosis of follicular lymphoma in histology against 11.11% diagnosis of LF with IHC. 5) 11.11% diagnosis of Burkitt lymphoma in histology against 5.55% diagnosis of LB with IHC. 6) 5.55% diagnosis of medullary hypoplasia in histology against 5.55% diagnosis of Hodgkin’s disease. Our results confirm the contribution of immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of lymphomas in addition to histological test. This is striking, especially as there is 27.77% of T lymphoma with immunohistochemistry against only 5.55% with histology.

Lymphomas, Immunohistochemistry, Histology, WHO Classification

Kone, D. , Atimere, Y. , Coulibaly, Z. , Acko, U. , Diomande, S. , Toure, M. and Tolo, P. (2018) Contribution of Immunohistochemistry in the Diagnosis of Lymphomas. Open Journal of Blood Diseases, 8, 17-25. doi: 10.4236/ojbd.2018.81003.