title: Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the humerus presenting as osteomyelitis.
abstract: We report a case of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the humerus that occurred in a 21-year-old male patient. A previously healthy man presented with the history of severe pain and a differential diagnosis from osteomyelitis to malignant lesion was suspected. A biopsy was performed and the final pathologic diagnosis was a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The patient was treated for lymphoma only with radiotherapy. To date, the patient remains tumor free 10 years after the onset of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia. bralic_marina@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bralić
authors.forename: Valter
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stemberga
authors.forename: Drazen
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cuculić
authors.forename: Miran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coklo
authors.forename: Oriano
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bulić
authors.forename: Emina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grgurević
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bosnar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography