Pediatric Cervical Hodgkin's Lymphoma Diagnosed by Ultrasound-guided Core Needle Biopsy

Abstract

Hodgkin's lymphoma is the most common pediatric head and neck malignancy, often presenting as cervical lymphadenopathies. Here, we report a case of a 12-year-old boy with a right painless neck mass for 2 weeks. Sonographic examination revealed ill-defined confluent lymphadenopathies over the right neck. We then applied ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy on the cervical mass under local anesthesia and achieved the final diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma, thus preventing the risks of open excisional biopsy.

Keywords

• biopsy
• Hodgkin's disease
• large-core needle
• ultrasonography