Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the bone mimicking osteomyelitis

Abbas Mofidi; Mohsen Esfandbod; Ehsan Pendar; Masoud Mortezazadeh; Alireza Hadizadeh

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4724

Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the bone mimicking osteomyelitis

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Aug 30;9(9):e04724. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4724. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Abbas Mofidi¹, Mohsen Esfandbod², Ehsan Pendar³, Masoud Mortezazadeh⁴, Alireza Hadizadeh⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine Iran university of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
² Hematology-Oncology Department Sina Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
³ Orthopedic Surgery Department Sina Hospital Tehran University of Medical sciences Tehran Iran.
⁴ Internal Medicine Department Sina Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
⁵ School of Medicine Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

Abstract

Consider primary bone lymphoma as an important differential diagnosis of osteomyelitis.In patients who are unresponsive to antibiotics and core needle biopsy result is incoherent with clinical symptoms, consider open biopsy for accurate diagnosis.

Keywords: diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma; osteomyelitis; primary bone lymphoma.

Publication types

Case Reports