A difficult case of Hodgkin Lymphoma with differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and sarcoidosis

A difficult case of Hodgkin Lymphoma with differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and sarcoidosis

We report here the case of a 14-year-old boy with history of fever, weight loss, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The clinical symptoms and laboratory findings mimicking tuberculosis and sarcoidosis complicated the diagnostic process. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma after several X-rays, co...

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Main Authors: Nilüfer Göknar, Erkan Çakır, Fatma Betül Çakır, Ozgur Kasapcopur, Gulcin Yegen, Ahmet Hakan Gedik, Faruk Oktem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2015-06-01
Series:Hematology Reports
Subjects:
Sarcoidosis
lymphoma
tuberculosis
Behcet's disease
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/5644
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spelling doaj-8d49468232f24f2eb0fa5258e26fec202020-11-25T03:39:10ZengPAGEPress PublicationsHematology Reports2038-83222038-83302015-06-017210.4081/hr.2015.56443088A difficult case of Hodgkin Lymphoma with differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and sarcoidosisNilüfer Göknar0Erkan Çakır1Fatma Betül Çakır2Ozgur Kasapcopur3Gulcin Yegen4Ahmet Hakan Gedik5Faruk Oktem6Bezmialem Vakif University, IstambulBezmialem Vakif University, IstambulBezmialem Vakif University, IstambulBezmialem Vakif University, IstambulBezmialem Vakif University, IstambulBezmialem Vakif University, IstambulBezmialem Vakif University, IstambulWe report here the case of a 14-year-old boy with history of fever, weight loss, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The clinical symptoms and laboratory findings mimicking tuberculosis and sarcoidosis complicated the diagnostic process. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma after several X-rays, computed tomography, positron emission tomography-computed tomography, laboratory tests and three lymph node biopsy. Clinicians should be alerted on new lesions and symptoms in high risk patients and should repeat diagnostic tests and lymph node biopsies as indicated.http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/5644SarcoidosislymphomatuberculosisBehcet's disease
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author Nilüfer Göknar
Erkan Çakır
Fatma Betül Çakır
Ozgur Kasapcopur
Gulcin Yegen
Ahmet Hakan Gedik
Faruk Oktem
spellingShingle Nilüfer Göknar
Erkan Çakır
Fatma Betül Çakır
Ozgur Kasapcopur
Gulcin Yegen
Ahmet Hakan Gedik
Faruk Oktem
A difficult case of Hodgkin Lymphoma with differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and sarcoidosis
Hematology Reports
Sarcoidosis
lymphoma
tuberculosis
Behcet's disease
author_facet Nilüfer Göknar
Erkan Çakır
Fatma Betül Çakır
Ozgur Kasapcopur
Gulcin Yegen
Ahmet Hakan Gedik
Faruk Oktem
author_sort Nilüfer Göknar
title A difficult case of Hodgkin Lymphoma with differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and sarcoidosis
title_short A difficult case of Hodgkin Lymphoma with differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and sarcoidosis
title_full A difficult case of Hodgkin Lymphoma with differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and sarcoidosis
title_fullStr A difficult case of Hodgkin Lymphoma with differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and sarcoidosis
title_full_unstemmed A difficult case of Hodgkin Lymphoma with differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and sarcoidosis
title_sort difficult case of hodgkin lymphoma with differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and sarcoidosis
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Hematology Reports
issn 2038-8322
2038-8330
publishDate 2015-06-01
description We report here the case of a 14-year-old boy with history of fever, weight loss, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The clinical symptoms and laboratory findings mimicking tuberculosis and sarcoidosis complicated the diagnostic process. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma after several X-rays, computed tomography, positron emission tomography-computed tomography, laboratory tests and three lymph node biopsy. Clinicians should be alerted on new lesions and symptoms in high risk patients and should repeat diagnostic tests and lymph node biopsies as indicated.
topic Sarcoidosis
lymphoma
tuberculosis
Behcet's disease
url http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/5644
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