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Case Reports
. 2015 Dec 29;7(4):5968.
doi: 10.4081/rt.2015.5968.

Primary Pulmonary Hodgkin Lymphoma

Shumaila Tanveer  1 , Ahmed El Damati  1 , Ayman El Baz  1 , Ahmed Alsayyah  2 , Tarek ElSharkawy  2 , Mohamed Regal  1
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Case Reports

Primary Pulmonary Hodgkin Lymphoma

Shumaila Tanveer et al. Rare Tumors. .

Abstract

Primary pulmonary Hodgkin lymphoma (PPHL) is a rare disease. Herein, we report a case of PPHL with diagnostic concerns encountered during initial evaluation which is of paramount importance to keep the differential diagnosis in cases with high index of suspicion for this rare entity.

Keywords: Primary pulmonary Hodgkin lym-phoma; necrotizing pneumonia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: the authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
A) Chest x-ray showing a homogenous opacity occupying the left upper lung zone. B-C) Axial and reconstruction computed tomography images are showing consolidation and collapse of the left upper lung lobe and lingula with air bronchogram.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
A) Lung Hodgkin lymphoma, large atypical Reed Sternberg like cells in background of inflammatory cells infiltration surrounded by fibrous septa on ×200 magnification. B) Lung Hodgkin Lymphoma, diagnostic binuclear Reed Sternberg cells with eosinophillic inclusions like nucleoli on ×400 magnification. C) Hodgkin lymphoma, immunohistochemical analysis showing clusters of Reed Sternberg cell react (cells react) with CD15 on ×400 magnification. D) Hodgkin lymphoma, immunohistochemical analysis showing clusters of Reed Sternberg cell reacts (cells react) with CD30 on ×400 magnification.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Follow up chest x-ray, six years after the surgery and finishing the chemo and radiotherapy.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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