Pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma presenting with pulmonary nodules and leukemoid reaction.
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.
Kalra
Manas
M
Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology Oncology & BMT Unit, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, India.
Dinand
Veronique
V
Sachdeva
Anupam
A
Bhat
Sunil
S
Piplani
Tarun
T
Yadav
Satya Prakash
SP
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007955:Leukemoid Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055613:Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed