%0 Journal Article
%T Calcification of Untreated Mediastinal Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Case Report
%A Candice Dawn Rivest
%A Michael Di Ianni
%A Ehsan Haider
%J University of Toronto Medical Journal
%D 2010
%I University of Toronto
%R 10.5015/utmj.v87i3.1238
%X Calcification occasionally occurs in Hodgkin¡¯s lymphoma after therapy due to tissue necrosis. Rarely, calcification may be detected prior to treatment. This likely represents a dystrophic process when bulky tumours outgrow their blood supply. Due to this rare presentation, pre treatment calcified Hodgkin¡¯s lymphoma is often mistaken for germ cell tumours on imaging. It is thus important to include Hodgkin¡¯s lymphoma in the differential of this presentation. We present such a case of pre-treatment calcification of Hodgkin¡¯s lymphoma in a young male and discuss the incidence, pathophysiology and imaging findings.
%K Hodgkin's lymphoma
%K calcification
%K pre-treatment
%K mediastinal
%K untreated
%U http://utmj.org/ojs/index.php/UTMJ/article/view/1238