Question 116 · LEK · Hodgkin lymphoma
Which of the following are the main symptoms of Hodgkin’s lymphoma in children?
- A. abdominal pain, bleeding, vomiting, dysphagia.
- B. non-symmetrical lymphadenopathy, affecting mainly cervical and supraclavicular nodes (firm and painless, forming packets), fever.
- C. abdominal pain, bone pain, hepatosplenomegaly, normal lymph nodes.
- D. apathy, thrombocytopenic purpura, subfebrile state, predilection for infections.
- E. high fever, lesions on the mucosa of the pharynx, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly.
Hint
Think of the typical first sign of the lymphoma most common in adolescents: painless firm nodes in a particular region of the neck.
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