Pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma presenting with pulmonary nodules and leukemoid reaction

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jul 15;55(1):193-5. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22457.

Abstract

An 8-year-old female presented with fever and severe pain in the hipbones and legs for 2(1/2) months. Investigations revealed a leukemoid reaction and bilateral diffuse nodular opacities on chest X-ray. Supraclavicular lymph node biopsy was diagnostic of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), mixed cellularity. Both pulmonary nodules and leukemoid reaction being present in the same patient with HL has not been reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Female
  • Hodgkin Disease / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Leukemoid Reaction / diagnosis*
  • Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / diagnosis*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed