title: Composite lymphoma in the anterior mediastinum: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We recently encountered an unusual case of Composite lymphoma (CL) in the anterior mediastinum arising in a 37-year-old woman who presented initially with continuous pain in the right shoulder and chest. The woman had been suffered from continuous pain for three months before she went to our department of cardiovascular surgery. Chest computed tomography scan revealed the oval space-occupying lesion of anterior mediastinum. Surgery was performed and the disease was diagnosed pathologically as CL which composed of nodular sclerosing Hodgkin lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, via hematoxylin-eosin (H&E), immunohistochemical staining and in situ hybridization.
authors: Department of Pathology, Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Medical College of Qingdao University, No,20, Yuhuangding East Road, Yantai, 264000, China. ygh0535@hotmail.com
authors: Guohua
authors: G
authors: Yu
authors: Lingling
authors: L
authors: Kong
authors: Guimei
authors: G
authors: Qu
authors: Qian
authors: Q
authors: Zhang
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Wang
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D058617:Composite Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012598:Sclerosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone