Hepatic Hodgkin lymphoma with delayed enhancement on CT and MRI

Radiol Case Rep. 2016 Dec 22;12(1):45-49. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2016.11.013. eCollection 2017 Mar.

Abstract

Hepatic Hodgkin lymphoma is a rare disease, characterized by the presence of abundant granulofibrous stroma, and its radiological features have rarely been described. We report a 67-year-old man, who presented with liver masses that showed apparent delayed enhancement, along with systemic lymphadenopathy and musculoskeletal lesions. Repeated percutaneous needle biopsy, however, failed to confirm the diagnosis, and surgical biopsy finally revealed small amount of Hodgkin cells and Reed-Sternberg cells. In this report, the radiological features of hepatic Hodgkin lymphoma will be presented and discussed, in correlation with its histological findings.

Keywords: Biopsy failure; Delayed enhancement; Hodgkin lymphoma; Liver.

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