title: Lymphoma presenting as a toothache: a wolf in sheep's clothing.
abstract: Although rare in the oral cavity, oral non-Hodgkin lymphoma frequently mimics odontogenic and other oral pathologies. The purpose of this report is to discuss the diagnostic difficulty in a case of a 75-year-old man with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma presenting initially as a toothache.
authors.affiliation: University of Jordan, School of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Pathology, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Yazan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hassona
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Ghadeer
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Almuhaisen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Almansour
authors.affiliation: University College London, London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Crispian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scully
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014098:Toothache / Q000209:etiology*