title: Hodgkin lymphoma presenting with chest wall involvement: a case series.
abstract: Chest wall tumors in the pediatric population can have a variety of etiologies, malignancy being the most worrisome. Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) rarely presents as a chest wall mass in the pediatric population. In this report, we describe 3 male pediatric patients, all of whom had chest wall masses present at the initial diagnosis of HL. We also discuss the literature on this topic. We conclude that malignancy and, more specifically, HL should always be considered when evaluating a pediatric patient who presents with a chest wall mass.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Surgical Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Barrie S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Rich
authors.forename: Maureen P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: McEvoy
authors.forename: Joshua N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Honeyman
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: La Quaglia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D035441:Thoracic Wall