Open AccessBelated Diagnosis of a Primary Bone Lymphoma of the Elbow: A Rare Case and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Michele Boffano,
Nicola Ratto,
Martina Rezzoagli,
Alessio Conti,
P. Pellegrino,
Raimondo Piana
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
case reports in orthopedic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2296-9373
DOI - 10.1159/000509128
Subject(s) - medicine , pelvis , elbow , differential diagnosis , lymphoma , primary bone , stage (stratigraphy) , radiology , humerus , femur , osteochondroma , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology
Primary non-Hodgkin bone lymphoma (PBL) is a rare disease that accounts for <2% of all lymphomas in adults. PBL can be monostotic or polyostotic, mainly causing destructive and lytic bone lesions frequently located in the femur, humerus, and pelvis. PBL is rarely considered a differential diagnosis of the osteolytic tumor. In addition, PBL is not uncommonly diagnosed with delay because patients do not experience symptoms nor show objective abnormalities in the early stage of disease. Here, we reported a 60-year-old woman with a PBL of the elbow.