Hodgkin's lymphoma physical examination

Common physical examination findings of Hodgkin’s lymphoma include fever, pruritus, petechiae, jaundice, chest tenderness, wheezing, superior vena cava syndrome, abdominal tenderness, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, fracture, peripheral lymphadenopathy, and central lymphadenopathy.

The following physical examination findings may be present among patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma:^[1]

• Fever

• Pruritus
• Petechiae
• Jaundice

• Cervical lymphadenopathy

• Thoracic masses suggestive of central lymphadenopathy
• Chest tenderness
• Wheezing
• Superior vena cava syndrome

• Abdominal masses suggestive of central lymphadenopathy
• Splenomegaly
• Hepatomegaly
• Abdominal tenderness

• Peripheral lymphadenopathy
• Bone tenderness
• Edema
• Fracture

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  Hodgkin’s disease. With permission from Dermatology Atlas.^[2]
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  Hodgkin’s disease. With permission from Dermatology Atlas.^[3]