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

oleh: Chi-Maw Lin, Che-Yi Lin

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-09-01

Deskripsi

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.