scholarly journals Classical Hodgkin lymphoma arising from heterotopic Warthin's tumor in the cervical lymph node: A case report

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Jun ◽  
Zhu Ming
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Lymph Node ◽  
Hodgkin Lymphoma ◽  
Cervical Lymph Node ◽  
Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma ◽  
Warthin’S Tumor ◽  
Warthin's Tumor

scholarly journals A Case Report of a Latent Hybrid Oncocytoma/Warthin's Tumor within the Periparotid Lymph Node

2008 ◽  
Vol 62 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 64-69
Author(s):  
Min Zhang ◽  
Hiroshi Fukuyama ◽  
Yoshihiro Yamashita ◽  
Hideo Kurokawa ◽  
Taiki Tomoyose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Lymph Node ◽  
Warthin’S Tumor ◽  
Warthin's Tumor

scholarly journals A rare transition of non-Hodgkin lymphoma into classical Hodgkin disease

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 242
Author(s):  
Editorial Office
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Lymph Node ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Hodgkin Lymphoma ◽  
B Cell Lymphoma ◽  
Intermediate Stage ◽  
Lymphoid Cells ◽  
Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma ◽  
Non Hodgkin Lymphoma ◽  
Hodgkin Cells

<div>An uncommon case of blood cancer non-Hodg- kin lymphoma developing into classical  Hodgkin lymphoma was recently described by researchers from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida in a case report published in this issue of AMOR.</div><p> </p><p>“Through a series of biopsies, we report a unique case of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with stepwise development of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL),” said pathologists Dr. Haipeng Shao and Pardis Vafaii from the Department of Hematopathology and Laboratory Medicine. “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an intermediate stage of transformation from DLBCL into cHL,” they added.</p><p> </p><p>Lymphoma, or cancer in the infection-fighting lymphatic part of a human’s immune system, is categorized into two types: Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma – both with distinct behaviors and different treatment requirements. Classical Hodgkin lymphoma – named after the 19<sup>th</sup> century British physician Thomas Hodgkin who first described the abnormalities in lymphatic system – is a less frequently diagnosed lymphoma subtype with tell-tale signs of abnormal lymphoid cells called ‘Reed­Sternberg cells’ which are observed as giant purple nucleoli when examined under light microscopy.</p><p> </p><p>However, 90% of lymphomas are of the non-Hodgkin lymphoma variety and do not exhibit the Reed­Sternberg cells. Of all the non-Hodgkin lymphomas, DLBCL is the most common type, which develops when white blood cells called lymphocytes (specifically the B-cell lymphocytes) start dividing uncontrollably. The distinction between DLBCL and cHL is clinically important as both respond differently to chemotherapeutic regimens, according to Shao and Vafaii. Moreover, “classical Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma rarely develop in the same patient,” they explained.</p><p> </p><p>In their published case report, however, DLBCL and cHL was found to develop on the same anatomic sites, particularly on the skin of the patient, evidenced by the presence of cHL following the occurrence of DLBCL. The patient was an elderly male with a history of stage IV DLBCL. Biopsies taken from the patient’s left arm and upper back revealed results consistent with DLBCL of the non-germinal center subtype. The patient then underwent chemotherapy, salvage therapy, and an autologous bone marrow transplant. Following the transplant, the patient’s biopsies started manifesting features of cHL, indicating a hybrid intermediate stage, according to the authors. “In the second biopsy…scattered Reed -Sternberg/Hodgkin-like cells were admixed with the DLBCL cells,” Shao and Vafaii wrote of the large atypical lymphoid cells which resemble Reed-Sternberg in cHL but do not develop into cHL.</p><p> </p><p>Nonetheless, despite these Reed-Sternberg/Hodgkin- like cells showing typical immunophenotype of cHL cells and were associated with limited inflammatory cells, “cHL diagnosis requires the presence of expansile lesion with a characteristic mixed inflammatory background as- sociated with Reed-Sternberg/Hodgkin cells,” the authors explained, and “the Reed-Sternberg/Hodgkin-like cells did not seem to elicit a mixed inflammatory reaction and form a discrete mass lesion within the large lymphoid cells,” hence rendering it difficult for the pathologists to diagnose cHL at this stage.</p><p> </p><p>Three months later, however, an excisional biopsy performed on the patient’s lymph node no longer showed evidence of DLBCL but instead exhibited “many scattered clusters of Reed-Sternberg/Hodgkin cells with prominent cherry-red nucleoli in a background of small mature lymphocytes and granulocytes,” which are findings consistent with a cHL of the nodular sclerosis subtype, Shao and Vafaii reported.</p><p> </p><p>The diagnosis of cHL established in the final lymph node biopsy therefore demonstrated that the Reed- Sternberg/Hodgkin-like cells found in the intermediate stage signaled the progression of DLBCL into cHL. “While Reed-Sternberg/Hodgkin-like cells are not uncommonly seen in a variety of non-Hodgkin lymphomas, the subsequent development of cHL in this patient indicated that the scattered Reed-Sternberg/Hodgkin cells among DLBCL cells truly represented a precursor of cHL,” the authors said, adding that the transformation would be possible for pathologists to diagnose, albeit very challenging.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, “the identification of a hybrid intermediate stage suggested that [cHL and DLBCL] were clonally related,” they said. Further analysis of the genetic changes responsible for cHL transformation could possibly be done by examining individual Reed-Sternberg/ Hodgkin-like cells in the precursor stage, as well as the cHL cells in later stages, with subsequent molecular studies such as laser capture microdissection or next generation sequencing, their report proposed.</p><p> </p><p>According to Shao and Vafaii, the case report was unique in which a stepwise transformation from DLBCL into cHL was demonstrated through a series of biopsies, which highlights the importance of repeated biopsies in diagnostically-challenging case. “Precursor or early lesions that could not be initially established diagnostically would eventually manifest themselves in later biopsies,” the authors concluded. </p><div> </div><p> </p>

scholarly journals Bilateral and multicentric Warthin's tumor primarily presented with cervical lymph node involvement

ENT Updates ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
Muammer Melih Şahin ◽  
Alper Ceylan ◽  
Mehmet Düzlü ◽  
Erolcan Sayar
Keyword(s):  
Lymph Node ◽  
Cervical Lymph Node ◽  
Lymph Node Involvement ◽  
Warthin’S Tumor ◽  
Warthin's Tumor ◽  
Node Involvement

scholarly journals A Case of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma with Total Lymph Node Infarction

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marika Okuni ◽  
Kimikazu Yakushijin ◽  
Yasuhiro Sakai ◽  
Hirotaka Suto ◽  
Hiroya Ichikawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lymph Node ◽  
Hodgkin Lymphoma ◽  
Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma ◽  
Total Lymph Node

scholarly journals Merkel cell carcinoma metastatic to cervical lymph node in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: a case report

2019 ◽  
Vol Volume 12 ◽  
pp. 1395-1400
Author(s):  
Na Li ◽  
Guodong Wang ◽  
Xiaohong Jiang ◽  
Minguang Huang ◽  
Huanyong Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Lymph Node ◽  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Merkel Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Cervical Lymph Node ◽  
Merkel Cell

Cervical lymph node metastasis of ovarian dysgerminoma: A case report with fine needle aspiration cytology

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 356-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazunari Maekawa ◽  
Takako Tokumitsu ◽  
Eiko Minematsu ◽  
Hiroshi Noguchi ◽  
Eriko Nakamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Lymph Node ◽  
Cervical Lymph Node ◽  
Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Node Metastasis ◽  
Ovarian Dysgerminoma ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology
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