title: Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of bone arising from hip.
abstract: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma can present as either a nodal form with local or regional lymphadenopathy or less commonly, as an extranodal form outside the lymphatic system. Primary lymphoma of bone (PLB) is uncommon malignancies. Here we present a case of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of bone arising from hip with clinical and radiological diagnostic difficulty.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  lymphadnenopathy; malignancies; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; primary bone lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicine, Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. drajun@gmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lamichhane
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mahara
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed