title: Primary pulmonary Hodgkin's disease: a distinct entity.
abstract: A 30-year-old lady presented with fever, dry cough and weight loss for the preceding five months. Radiological investigations revealed a solitary nodular lesion in the lingula of the left lung. Guided fine needle aspiration cytology failed to yield any diagnostic material. Bronchoscopic cytology was also not contributory. As a last resort open lung biopsy was done and a diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease was made. Hilar and pre aortic lymph node biopsies showed only reactive change. The final diagnosis was primary pulmonary Hodgkin's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. pairadharam@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Raghuveer
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Philipose
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Shetty
mesh_terms: D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography