digital clubbing and hodgkin disease in children: a case report and review of literature

Introduction: digital clubbing (hypertrophic osteoarthropathy) as the initial presentation oflymphoma is rarely reported, particularly in children. in this study, we report a patient withintrathoracic hodgkin disease (hd) and digital clubbing as the first presentation, and we willreview the literature regarding the same condition.case presentation: a 10-year-old boy presented with a 2-month history of cough, mild dyspnea,and night sweats, with prominent digital clubbing. a chest x-ray and a computed tomography scanof the chest showed multiple mediastinal masses. a mediastinal lymph node biopsy was done.pathologic examination was indicative of nodular sclerosis hd.conclusions: in patients with digital clubbing, intrathoracic malignancies should be considereda differential diagnosis and must be ruled out by precise examination and paraclinical help.