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23 year old HIV positive black male admitted to hospital with complaints of difficulty breathing at night while lying flat in bed. Admitted to hospital after fainting while stooping over. Approximately one month prior to admission, developed cold and non-productive cough. In past six weeks, drenching night sweats and fever (greater than 39 °C) occurred regularly.
| Physical Exam | Knot-like swelling in left neck that hurts when he coughs. Bilateral anterior cervical adenopathy. HEENT normal except knot, except thyroid not palpated. Throat normal. Chest had slight dullness to percussion. Abdomen soft, nontender. Spleen tip not palpable. No other masses or tenderness. |
| Imaging | CXR: Bilateral hilar and mediastinal enlargement most likely due to lymphadenopathy. Findings are compatible with a lymphoma mass compressing the trachea. Gallium scan: Massive lymph node involvement in mediastinum and possible Liver-spleen scan: no changes suggestive of metastases. IVP: Normal |
| Endoscopy | Mediastinoscopy: Matted nodes in mediastinum compressing the trachea. |
| Operation | Biopsy of left neck knot |
| Pathology | Large cell follicular lymphoma, left neck Endoscopic biopsies of mediastinum: large cell follicular lymphoma Bone marrow aspiration biopsy, right superior iliac crest: negative for tumor |
| Treatment | Palliative radiation therapy to superior mediastinum (1000 rads) Started MOPP regimen |
