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BMJ Case Reports 2011; doi:10.1136/bcr.10.2011.4962
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Paraneoplastic syndromes associated to Hodgkin’s lymphoma

  1. Philip Kuriakose1
  1. 1Haematology-Oncology Department, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
  2. 2Internal Medicine Department, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Javier Munoz, jlmunoz{at}mdanderson.org

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A 35-year-old male with no prior medical history presented to the emergency department with fever, fatigue, mental status changes and gait disturbances over 2 months. Laboratory testing revealed pancytopenia with negative infectious investigation. CT scan of the chest and abdomen revealed splenomegaly with multiple intrathoracic and intraabdominal enlarged lymph nodes with the largest being a 5.8 cm periportal nodal mass. An excisional lymph node biopsy …

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