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Hodgkin's lymphoma mimicking tuberculosis in cervical lymph nodes.

[hodgkin lymphoma, classical]

The authors present a case description of an 81-year-old male with general symptoms (fever, night sweats, weight loss) and cervical/supraclavicular lymphadenopathy. The revised lymph node histopathological examination revealed nodular sclerosis classical Hodgkin's lymphoma associated with abundant tuberculosis-mimicking granulomatous reaction. The diagnosis may be difficult due to similarities in clinical course, laboratory tests and imaging. The morphology of Hodgkin-Reed-Sternberg cells and the immunohistochemical profile are the most helpful in differential diagnosis. In cases where granulomas coexist with negative acid-fast staining, pathologists should always recommend evaluation of further and broader diagnostic procedures to exclude Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

Diseases presenting "weight loss" symptom

  • allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
  • benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis
  • carcinoma of the gallbladder
  • cholangiocarcinoma
  • cutaneous mastocytosis
  • dedifferentiated liposarcoma
  • dentinogenesis imperfecta
  • erdheim-chester disease
  • esophageal adenocarcinoma
  • esophageal carcinoma
  • esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
  • fabry disease
  • focal myositis
  • hodgkin lymphoma, classical
  • homocystinuria without methylmalonic aciduria
  • krabbe disease
  • oligodontia
  • pleomorphic liposarcoma
  • primary effusion lymphoma
  • severe combined immunodeficiency
  • sneddon syndrome
  • triple a syndrome
  • von hippel-lindau disease
  • werner syndrome

This symptom has already been validated