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|QuestionAuthor=Anonymous (Edited by Will Gibson)
|ExamType=USMLE Step 2 CK
|ExamType=USMLE Step 2 CK
|MainCategory=Internal medicine
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|MainCategory=Internal medicine
|MainCategory=Internal medicine
|SubCategory=Oncology, Oncology
|SubCategory=Oncology, Oncology
|Prompt=A 52-year-old man comes to your office with recent issues of fatigue, low-grade fever, anorexia, and pruritus. He states that he can feel small bumps under his skin in his neck and that they seem to get painful when he drinks alcohol. Lab studies show a normal WBC, Hct, Hb, electrolytes, renal function, and glucose. You refer him to a surgeon to obtain a lymph node biopsy and the next day the pathologist calls you and describes "owl-eyed" appearance of abundant lymphocytes. What is the most likely diagnosis?
|Prompt=A 52-year-old man comes to your office with recent issues of fatigue, low-grade fever, anorexia, and pruritus. He states that he can feel small bumps under the skin in his neck and that they seem to become painful when he drinks alcohol. Lab studies show a normal WBC, Hct, Hb, electrolytes, renal function, and glucose. You refer him to a surgeon to obtain a lymph node biopsy which reveals the following microscopic appearance.
|Explanation=This patient has many classic signs of lymphoma. Labs are indicative of early disease, and biopsy results indicate conclusively that Hodgkin's lymphoma is present.
[[File:Reed-Sternberg (Hodgkin's Lymphoma).jpg]]
What is the most likely diagnosis?
|Explanation=This patient has many classic signs of lymphoma. Labs are indicative of early disease, and biopsy results indicate conclusively that Hodgkin's lymphoma is present
 
Around one to five percent of patients with Hodgkin's disease experience alcohol-related pain; it is a rare but highly specific presentation for Hodgkin's lymphoma.
 
'''References:'''  First Aid ___ page __
Bobrove AM (June 1983). "Alcohol-related pain and Hodgkin's disease". The Western Journal of Medicine 138 (6): 874–5.
|AnswerA=Tuberculosis
|AnswerA=Tuberculosis
|AnswerB=Hepatitis
|AnswerB=Hepatitis

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Author PageAuthor::Anonymous (Edited by Will Gibson)
Exam Type ExamType::USMLE Step 2 CK
Main Category MainCategory::Internal medicine
Sub Category SubCategory::Oncology, SubCategory::Oncology
Prompt [[Prompt::A 52-year-old man comes to your office with recent issues of fatigue, low-grade fever, anorexia, and pruritus. He states that he can feel small bumps under the skin in his neck and that they seem to become painful when he drinks alcohol. Lab studies show a normal WBC, Hct, Hb, electrolytes, renal function, and glucose. You refer him to a surgeon to obtain a lymph node biopsy which reveals the following microscopic appearance.

What is the most likely diagnosis?]]

Answer A AnswerA::Tuberculosis
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Answer B AnswerB::Hepatitis
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Answer C AnswerC::Metastatic cancer
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Answer D AnswerD::Non Hodgkin's lymphoma
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Answer E AnswerE::Hodgkin's lymphoma
Answer E Explanation AnswerEExp::
Right Answer RightAnswer::E
Explanation [[Explanation::This patient has many classic signs of lymphoma. Labs are indicative of early disease, and biopsy results indicate conclusively that Hodgkin's lymphoma is present.

Around one to five percent of patients with Hodgkin's disease experience alcohol-related pain; it is a rare but highly specific presentation for Hodgkin's lymphoma.

References: First Aid ___ page __ Bobrove AM (June 1983). "Alcohol-related pain and Hodgkin's disease". The Western Journal of Medicine 138 (6): 874–5.
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