title: Mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection coexistent with nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma involving the lung.
abstract: A 5.5-year-old asymptomatic Hispanic/African American male presented with matted lymph nodes in the neck and reticulonodular opacities in the right upper lung. An extensive diagnostic work up was performed to rule out infectious etiologies. Biopsies of the lymph node and lung tissue were diagnostic of nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma. Two weeks into the chemotherapy, gastric aspirates grew Mycobacterium avium intracellulare. This is the first case of nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma involving the lung with coexistent Mycobacterium avium intracellulare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. sxgupta@mcw.edu
authors.forename: Sweta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Christopher H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Cogbill
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gheorghe
authors.forename: Aparna R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Swati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Havens
authors.forename: Bruce M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Camitta
authors.forename: Anne B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Warwick
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography