Case Report

An Unusual Complication In A Patient With Hodgkin Lymphoma: Bilateral Auricular Hematoma

Volume: 63 Number: 3 September 9, 2024
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An Unusual Complication In A Patient With Hodgkin Lymphoma: Bilateral Auricular Hematoma

Abstract

Hodgkin lymphoma is lymphoid neoplasm in which the malignant cells admixed with a heterogeneous population of non-neoplastic inflammatory cells. A combination of Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, and Dacarbazine (ABVD) is the most commonly used chemotherapy regime for Hodgkin lymphoma. In this case report, we present a patient with Hodgkin lymphoma who developed bilateral auricular hematoma after a first time administrition of ABVD treatment. A 27-year-old female patient was presented to the hematology outpatient clinic with a swelling in the neck for two weeks. An excisional biopsy performed from the left axillary region. The pathology report demonstrated classical Hodgkin lymphoma was noticed to be consistent with mixed cellular type. First dose ABVD protocol was administered to the patient. One week after chemotherapy, swelling and discoloration were observed in the patient's bilateral auricles without a history of trauma. The patient was consulted to the Department of Otorhinolarngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Bilateral drainage of auricular hematoma was performed immediately. Intravenous ciprofloxacin was also administered. The auricular hematoma did not reoccur after the subsequent chemotherapy treatments.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Haematology , ​Internal Diseases , Otorhinolaryngology

Journal Section

Case Report

Authors

Publication Date

September 9, 2024

Submission Date

January 23, 2024

Acceptance Date

March 11, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 63 Number: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.19161/etd.1414754

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA68DW69LH

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1.Mustafa Şahin, Uğur Kamiloğlu, Ayşe Kaya, Mine Miskioğlu, Görkem Eskiizmir, İsmet Aydoğdu. An Unusual Complication In A Patient With Hodgkin Lymphoma: Bilateral Auricular Hematoma. EJM. 2024 Sep. 1;63(3):484-6. doi:10.19161/etd.1414754

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