ACTA FAC MED NAISS 2019;36(2):159-165

Case report

UDC: 616.42-006.44:616.71-018.46

DOI: 10.5937/afmnai1902159E

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma as a Mimicker in Osteomyelitis: A Case Report

Soheil Ebrahimpour¹, Zeinab Mohseni Afshar², Zeinab Sheidaie³, Mahmoud Sadeghi-Haddad-Zavareh¹, Arefeh Babazadeh¹

¹Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran
²Department of Infectious Diseases, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, I.R. Iran
³Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran

summary


Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) patients who have bone involvement are rarely seen. These patients exhibit very different clinical manifestations in comparison with the normal cases of these types of cancers. We report a case of NHL, firstly treated as osteomyelitis case of unidentified etiology. This case showed the difficulties that may occur while diagnosing this issue. The histopathological diagnosis is the final confirmation of this disease. Moreover, the primary and essential treatment for these patients is chemotherapy.

Key words: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, osteomyelitis, immunohistochemistry