title: An unusual Hodgkin's lymphoma case presenting with upper extremity multiple masses.
abstract: Almost always, Hodgkin's lymphoma presents with lymph node involvement. Primary extranodal lymphoma is rare and mostly has a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. We present an unusual presentation of a Hodgkin's lymphoma in a 33-year-old man. There were numerous soft tissue masses localized in the subcutaneous tissue of the left arm along the neurovascular bundle and the ipsilateral axillary region. We found only one Hodgkin's lymphoma case that presented as an upper extremity mass reported in the literature. In cases where a great number of successively lined up soft tissue masses are detected on the extremity, lymphoma takes place among the differential diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Yesilyurt, Izmir, Turkey. bernadirim@gmail.com
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dirim
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karakas
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oyar
authors.forename: Sadi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bener
authors.forename: Muhittin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sener
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yagtu
authors.forename: Nezahat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uluc
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Altay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000473:pathology*