Misdiagnosis of malignant lymphoma--report of 45 patients
Wang, P.Y.; Gao, Y.F.; Tong, W.X.; Zhang, Y.H.; Jia, L.; Yang, R.
Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 9(6): 439-441
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0253-3766 PMID: 3452541 Document Number: 287354
A series of 50 patients with malignant lymphoma, proven by biopsy, was retrospectively studied. 39 were non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and 11 Hodgkin's disease. 45 (90%) had been misdiagnosed because of lack of initial specific symptoms. It is suggested that for patients with a painless progressively enlarging superficial lymph node without adhering to its surrounding tissues and irresponsive to general management, having irregular fever, bloody stool, abdominal pain or mass, complication of partial intestinal obstruction, sharp vigilance be kept for the possibility of malignant lymphoma.