The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
2012 , Vol 54 , Num 3
Mediastinal Hodgkin Lymphoma Arising from Cystic Lymphangioma: Case Report in a Child
1Division of Pediatric Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Departments of 2Pathology and 3Radiology, Kocaeli University
Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
Mediastinal disease is a frequent clinical presentation in children with Hodgkin
lymphoma. It is usually due to mediastinal lymphadenopathy or involvement of
the thymus gland. Cystic lymphangiomas are benign tumors of the lymphatic
system, and less than 1% present as a solitary mediastinal mass. To our
knowledge, there has been no report in the literature describing Hodgkin
lymphoma arising from cystic lymphangioma. In this report, we describe a
patient with mediastinal cystic lymphangioma, from which Hodgkin lymphoma
was determined to have arisen.
Keywords :
Hodgkin lymphoma, cystic lymphangioma, mediastinum, child.