Child health · UKMLA & AKT
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Third most common childhood malignancy in the UK (~6% of childhood cancers), peak age 5-15, boys:girls ~2-3:1
- Almost always aggressive and disseminated at presentation - unlike adult NHL where indolent subtypes predominate
- Risk substantially elevated in immunocompromised children (post-transplant, HIV, primary immunodeficiency)
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