Variable

Effective (n = 36)

Percent

Gender

Female

13

36.1

Male

23

63.9

Age

<20 years

3

8.4

20 - 29 years

8

22.4

30 - 39 years

4

11.2

40 - 49 years

11

30.8

50 - 59 years

5

14

≥60 years

5

14

Reason for consultation

Lymph node tumefaction

27

75

Other complaints*

9

25

Associated symptoms

General condition altered by fever

22

61.1

Existence of visceromegaly

13

36.1

HIV serology

10

27.8

Pathology diagnosis

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

17

47.2

Reactional hyperplasia

10

27.8

Infectious lymphadenopathy

7

19.4

Hodgkin lymphoma

1

2.8

Undifferentiated

1

2.8