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CASE REPORT article

Front. Oncol.

Sec. Pediatric Oncology

Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1653256

Cardiac tamponade as a rare presentation of Hodgkin's lymphoma: a case report

Provisionally accepted
Piotr  LimanówkaPiotr Limanówka*Matylda  KujawińskaMatylda KujawińskaAnna  KaputAnna KaputAleksandra  SpyraAleksandra SpyraMichał  DobrakowskiMichał DobrakowskiTomasz  SzczepańskiTomasz SzczepańskiAneta  Pobudejska-PieniążekAneta Pobudejska-Pieniążek*
  • Slaski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach Wydzial Nauk Medycznych w Zabrzu, Zabrze, Poland

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma usually manifests with symptoms such as enlarged peripheral lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. It’s the third most common pediatric cancer and includes two main types. Here, we describe a case of a 17-year-old boy, whose one of the first signs of Hodgkin’s lymphoma was cardiac tamponade. Moreover, our patient suffered from another episode of cardiac tamponade after proton beam therapy.

Keywords: Hodgkin's lymphoma, Cardiac Tamponade, Radiotherapy, proton beam therapy, case report

Received: 24 Jun 2025; Accepted: 04 Aug 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Limanówka, Kujawińska, Kaput, Spyra, Dobrakowski, Szczepański and Pobudejska-Pieniążek. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence:
Piotr Limanówka, Slaski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach Wydzial Nauk Medycznych w Zabrzu, Zabrze, Poland
Aneta Pobudejska-Pieniążek, Slaski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach Wydzial Nauk Medycznych w Zabrzu, Zabrze, Poland

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