Question 301 · LEK · Lymphomas and other systemic tumors
A 15-year-old boy came to the primary care unit because of fever (>38.0 C), fatigue, lack of appetite, profuse night sweats and losing weight. Physical examination confirmed weight loss (>= 10% over last six months), painless cervical and supraclavicular lymphadenopathy. Indicate the most probable diagnosis:
- A. acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
- B. acute myeloid leukaemia.
- C. Burkitt’s lymphoma.
- D. Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
- E. chronic myeloid leukaemia.
Hint
Note the B symptoms (fever, night sweats, weight loss) together with painless supraclavicular nodes in a teenager.
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