Primary pulmonary Hodgkin lymphoma

Shumaila Tanveer; Ahmed El Damati; Ayman El Baz; Ahmed Alsayyah; Tarek ElSharkawy; Mohamed Regal

doi:10.4081/rt.2015.5968

Rare Tumors (Dec 2015)

Primary pulmonary Hodgkin lymphoma

Shumaila Tanveer,
Ahmed El Damati,
Ayman El Baz,
Ahmed Alsayyah,
Tarek ElSharkawy,
Mohamed Regal

Affiliations

Shumaila Tanveer: Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, King Fahd University Hospital, King Faisal University, Al Khobar
Ahmed El Damati: Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, King Fahd University Hospital, King Faisal University, Al Khobar
Ayman El Baz: Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, King Fahd University Hospital, King Faisal University, Al Khobar
Ahmed Alsayyah: Department of Pathology, King Fahad University Hospital, University of Dammam
Tarek ElSharkawy: Department of Pathology, King Fahad University Hospital, University of Dammam
Mohamed Regal: Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, King Fahd University Hospital, King Faisal University, Al Khobar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2015.5968
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 4

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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 sus- picion for this rare entity.

Published in Rare Tumors

ISSN: 2036-3605 (Print); 2036-3613 (Online)
Publisher: SAGE Publishing
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/rtu

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