An analysis is presented of the histopathologic, clinical and prognostic features of malignant lymphomas (MLs) treated at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital Medical Center, Manila, between 1975 and 1981. There were 434 malignant lymphomas, constituting 3.86% of all cancers studied at this institute during this period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinicopathological features were examined in 150 hepatocellular carcinoma cases autopsied from 1977 to 1983 in the Philippines and were compared to those of cases reported in Japan. The characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma in the Philippines were as follows. 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis is a report of Balo's concentric sclerosis in a 23-year-old Filipino male, who presented behavioral abnormalities, gait disturbance, double incontinence and generalized paratonia with the entire course of a six-month duration. A review of literature on this rare form of demyelinating disease is discussed.
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