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Table 1 Summary of cases of HNL combined with other tumors in the literature

From: A rare co-existence of histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis with metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma and review of the literature

Number

Year of publication

Author Nationality

Sex

Age

Concomitant tumor

Fever or not

Lymph node metastasis tumor and number

Merge HNL and number of

Treatment

Recurrence or

not

prognosis

1

1997

Canada

Male

37

Signet ring cell carcinoma of esophageal-gastric

-

NA

cervical lymph node

Esophageal-gastrectomy

NA

Death by extensive peritoneal and mediastinal metastases

2

2000

Britain

Fe

66

carcinoma of breast

-

0/13

Axillary lymph nodes 12 / 13

Breast cancer radical surgery

-

Symptoms improved

3

2015

Korea

Ma

38

Right PTC

+

Several on the right

One right cervical lymph node

Total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection, postoperative I131, methylprednisolone and NSAIDs

-

Symptoms improved

4

2015

America

Fe

30

Right PTC

+

One on the right

Other lymph nodes in the right neck

Total thyroidectomy and bilateral central and right lymph node dissection

-

Symptoms improved

5

2015

Canada

Fe

37

Melanoma of the thigh

-

1/10

Five left inguinal lymph nodes

Surgical excision

-

NA

6

2017

Japan

Ma

48

Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue

NA

2

Right posterior neck lymph node

Surgical excision

+

Symptoms improved

7

2023

China

Ma

48

Right PTC

-

16/57

Three right cervical lymph nodes

Radical thyroidectomy, right functional neck lymph node dissection and right upper mediastinal lymph node biopsy were performed

-

Symptoms improved

8

1987

Hong Kong

Fe

57

Recurrent malignant fibrous histiocytoma of thigh

NA

There were no tumor metastases

Left inguinal lymph node

Extensive tumor resection

-

Symptoms improved

9

2000

Japan

Fe

27

Diffuse Large B-cell lymphoma in remission

-

/

Left side of the cervical lymph node

No treatments

-

Symptoms improved

10

2000

Japan

Fe

30

Diffuse Large B-cell lymphoma in remission

-

/

Left side of the axillary lymph node

/

-

Symptoms improved

11

2021

Britain

Fe

47

Multiple myeloma

+

NA

Left side of the axillary lymph node

Steroid treatment

-

Symptoms improved

  1. *Abbreviations: Fe: Female. Ma: male. NA: not available