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Walking the thin line between malignancy and infectious disease: A case report
Catarina Couto1, Sofia Fraga1
1MD, Pediatrics’ Resident, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal

Article ID: Z01201712CR10858DL
doi: 10.5348/ijcri-2017119-CR-10858

Corresponding Author:
Catarina Barreiros Couto
Rua dos Pinheiros, n° 160 RC dto
Almada, Portugal
2820-567 Charneca da
Caparica

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Couto C, Fraga S. Walking the thin line between malignancy and infectious disease: A case report. Int J Case Rep Images 2017;8(12):762–769.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: Children infected by human immunodeficiency virus have a higher incidence of malignancy than non-infected children.
Case Report: A healthy 13-year-old boy presented with a month long history of a swelling of the right parotid gland and cervical region. On ultrasound, multiple right cervical and intraparotid lymph nodes were noted. A fine-needle lymph node aspiration cytology and flow cytometry excluded a lymphoproliferative disorder, but serologic testing revealed the patient had a human immunodeficiency virus infection. Tuberculous lymphadenitis was considered and the patient was started on antitubercular drugs after a lymph node biopsy was performed. The biopsy eventually revealed a non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Conclusion: Overlapping symptoms at presentation can complicate differential diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection and malignancy.

Keywords: Diffuse large B cell lymphoma, Human immunodeficiency virus, Malignancy



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Author Contributions
Catarina Barreiros Couto – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting of the article, Final approval of the version to be published
Sofia Fraga – Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission.
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Conflict of Interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest.
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