2. A 10 Year Old Boy With
Back Pain and Swelling
Dr Tanveer Kamal Fahim
Resident
Pulmonology , Phase B
Medicine Unit 4
NIDCH
3. Particulars of the patient
Master Shahid Ullah
Shahed
10 years
Student of class 6
Bikrampur , Munsiganj
Admitted in NIDCH on
11/3/19
4. Chief Complaints:
Pain in the back for last 1 and ½ years
Swelling in the back for same duration
Cough for 15 days
5. History of Present Illness:
Reasonably well 1 and ½ year back
Since then, he is suffering from pain and
Swelling in the back
6. The Pain was
Dull aching
Localized in the back over the spine
3/10
Constant
Non radiating
Increased during posture change or
movement
Partially relieved after taking Paracetamol
7. Bony swelling over the spine for same
duration
Palpable
Painless
Hard
Normal Temperature
8. Labelled as a case of Spinal TB (Pott”s
Disease) on the basis of X ray Spine
Started Anti TB CAT-on 31/10/17
But did not improve Clinically
9. Pt developed cough 15 days back
Productive
Mucoid
Amount less than 20 ml daily
No diurnal variation
Odorless
Not blood stained
10. Also complained of occasional low
grade fever but no diurnal variation or
sweating or chills or rigor
No documentation of fever
Admitted into a Govt. Medical College
Hospital
11. Both cough and fever responded to
conservative treatment
Referred to NIDCH labelled as MDR-TB
12. Loss of appetite for last 1 and 1/2 year
Weight loss about 2 kg for last 1 and
1/2 year
22. Multiple lymph nodes are enlarged in
right posterior cervical chain and
axillary region in Right side
Variable size and shape
Largest one is 2*2 cm in diameter
Firm consistency
Non tender
Some are matted some are discrete
Free from overlying skin or underlying
structures
23. Bony swelling over the spine
2*2 cm diameter
Oval
Hard
Non tender
Fixed
Temperature normal
25. Respiratory System Examination
Inspection : Normal
Palpation :
Trachea : Central
Apex beat: At left 5th
ICS just medial to mid
clavicular line
Chest Expansion: Normal
Vocal Fremitus: Normal
27. Neurological System : No abnormality
detected
Cardiovascular system : No abnormality
detected
Gastro-Intestinal System : No abnormality
detected
51. CT guided FNAC of left hilar mass:
Microscopic examination :
Smears show monotonous population of
atypical lymphoid cells , small
lymphocytic type , many of them have
nuclear graving
Background shows proteinaceious
material mixed with inflammatory cells
52. CT guided FNAC of left hilar mass:
Dx: Suggestive of Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
56. Non – Hodgkin Lymphoma
Monoclonal proliferation of lymphoid cells
of B-cell (90%) or T-cell (10%) origin
Slight male excess
Median age 65-70 years
Most common – Diffuse Large B cell NHL or
Follicular NHL
57. High Grade NHL
High proliferation rates
Rapidly produces symptoms
Fatal if untreated
Potentially curable
58. Low Grade NHL
Low proliferation rates
May be asymptomatic for many
years/months
Indolent course
May be not curable
59. Clinical Features
Often Widely disseminated at presentation,
including extranodal sites (bone marrow ,
gut , thyroid , lung , skin , brain , bone etc)
Systemic upset : Weight loss , sweat , fever ,
itching common
61. Investigations
CBC: may be Normal. ESR raised
Chest X ray : mediastinal mass
Liver function test
Renal function test
Uric acid level
LDH
62. CT scan of chest , abdomen , pelvis :
staging
Positron Emission Tomography ( PET)
Lymph node biopsy
Bone marrow aspiration and Trephine
biopsy
66. High Grade NHL
Chemotherapy : R-CHOP
(Cyclophosphamide,Prednisolone,Vincristi
ne,Doxorubicine) is first line therapy
Radiotherapy: Stage 1 disease
HSCT
67. Prognosis
Low Grade NHL : Median survival -12 years
Diffuse Large B cell NHL (High Grade)
treated with R-CHOP , 50% patient have
disease free survival of 5 years
Patients under 65 years , HSCT improves
survival
68. Take Home message :
Tuberculosis like presentation may not
always be Tuberculosis
Bone erosion or collapse may not always
be bone tumor or pott’s Disease
Routine follow-up and regular physical
examination is very important as
pathological findings may appear at late
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