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Right lung middle lobe syndrome as the initial and sole clinical manifestation of Hodgkin’s disease
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Narges Baygom Mir Behbahani   |
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Abstract: (18162 Views) |
| Background and Aim: The commonest presentation in Hodgkin`s disease is painless cervical lymphadenopathy with or without a mediastinal mass. Uncommon presentations of Hodgkin`s disease that has been so far reported include: spinal cord compression, localized poikiloderma vascularis atrophicans, unilateral lower extremity lymphedema, multifocal nodular episcleritis and scleritis, Immune thrombocytopenia and hemolytic anemia, granolomatous keratoconjunctivitis, subdiaphragmatic Hodgkin`s disease. In these cases uncommon presentations were extramediastinal.
Case Report: In this case Hodgkin’s disease presented with right lung middle lobe syndrome without hillar or mediastinal lymphadenopathy. CT guided needle biopsy of pulmonary lesion revealed Hodgkin`s disease and response to chemotherapy was very good.
Conclusion: The typical presentation of pulmonary Hodgkin`s disease includes multiple, irregularly marginated pulmonary nodules in the hillar or mediastinal areas. Our case had an uncommon presentation of pulmonary Hodgkin`s disease. Therefore for early diagnosis and treatment, such presentations of the disease should be taken into consideration. |
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| Keywords: Hodgkin`s disease, Right lung middle lobe syndrome, lymphadenopathy |
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Received: 2009/05/5 | Published: 2007/06/15
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