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Untreated Hodgkin Lymphoma With Skin Infiltration and Satellite Skin Nodule in a 15-Year-Old Female Adolescent

Authors :
Saad Akhtar
Ahmad Alhuraiji
Source :
Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 40:602-605
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2015.

Abstract

A 15-year-old female adolescent presented with progressive neck swelling of 1 year duration and received 6 months of antituberculosis therapy in a local hospital with no benefit. After excision biopsy, she came to our institution. Examination showed 3 fungating, ulcerating neck masses and a chest wall skin nodule. Pathology confirmed Hodgkin lymphoma, stage IV BXE. FDG PET/CT showed a large neck tumor, a satellite skin nodule with local skin infiltration of tumor. She received 6 cycles of ABVD (adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine) chemotherapy and radiation therapy 2100 cGy. After chemotherapy, FDG PET/CT was negative. She is 2 years disease free.

Details

ISSN :
03639762
Volume :
40
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....a6554540a00a68136cf0733dda7cffc9
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/rlu.0000000000000770