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Anaplastic large cell lymphoma of the esophagus in a pediatric patient

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We report a 3-year-old boy who initially presented with abdominal pain and was subsequently found to have an esophageal perforation. The child did not respond to conservative management, and subsequent lymphadenopathy led to a lymph node biopsy demonstrating an anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Esophageal perforation and thickening is most commonly seen in children with a history of esophageal intervention or foreign body/caustic ingestion. Esophageal involvement in children with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) has not, to our knowledge, been reported in the literature. This case illustrates an unusual presentation of pediatric NHL.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Anastasia L. Hryhorczuk & Edward Y. Lee

  2. Department of Pathology, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Marian H. Harris & Sara O. Vargas

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Hryhorczuk, A.L., Harris, M.H., Vargas, S.O. et al. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma of the esophagus in a pediatric patient. Pediatr Radiol 42, 627–631 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-2236-7

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