Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Presenting as Severe Hypercalcaemia: A Case Report

Authors

Ikram A. Burney, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P. O. Box 35, Al-Khod 123, Sultanate of Oman
V Nirmala, Department of Pathalogy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P. O. Box 35, Al-Khod 123, Sultanate of Oman
Mansour S. Al-Moundhri, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P. O. Box 35, Al-Khod 123, Sultanate of Oman
Nicholas J. Woodhouse, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P. O. Box 35, Al-Khod 123, Sultanate of Oman

Abstract

Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NLPHL) is a recently described type of Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) and accounts for 5-6% of all the cases of HL. Here we report the case of an elderly man who presented to Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman, with severe hypercalcemia, and was diagnosed to have stage IV NLPHL. Although the incidence of hypercalcemia is estimated to be between 1-5% in classical HL, to our knowledge this is the first report of NLPHL presenting with severe hypercalcemia. The patient responded to the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, Rituximab, and has been in clinical remission for more than 3 years.

Publication Date

12-31-2007

First Page

247

Last Page

251

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Recommended Citation

Burney, Ikram A.; Nirmala, V; Al-Moundhri, Mansour S.; and Woodhouse, Nicholas J. (2007) "Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Presenting as Severe Hypercalcaemia: A Case Report," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal: Vol. 7: 247-251.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.2675