A Difficult Case of Hodgkin Lymphoma with Differential Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Sarcoidosis.
We report here the case of a 14-year-old boy with history of fever, weight loss, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The clinical symptoms and laboratory findings mimicking tuberculosis and sarcoidosis complicated the diagnostic process. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma after several X-rays, computed tomography, positron emission tomography-computed tomography, laboratory tests and three lymph node biopsy. Clinicians should be alerted on new lesions and symptoms in high risk patients and should repeat diagnostic tests and lymph node biopsies as indicated.
Bezmialem Vakif University , Istambul, Turkey.
Nilüfer
N
Göknar
Bezmialem Vakif University , Istambul, Turkey.
Erkan
E
Çakır
Bezmialem Vakif University , Istambul, Turkey.
Fatma Betül
FB
Çakır
Bezmialem Vakif University , Istambul, Turkey.
Ozgur
O
Kasapcopur
Bezmialem Vakif University , Istambul, Turkey.
Gulcin
G
Yegen
Bezmialem Vakif University , Istambul, Turkey.
Ahmet Hakan
AH
Gedik
Bezmialem Vakif University , Istambul, Turkey.
Faruk
F
Oktem
Behçet’s disease; Sarcoidosis; lymphoma; tuberculosis