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Case Reports in Hematology
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 642868, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/642868
Case Report

Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma Presenting with Atypical Cutaneous Involvement and Diagnosis of ZZ Phenotype Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

Mohamad Khawandanah,1 Teresa Kraus,2 and Mohamad Cherry1

1Hematology-Oncology Section, Department of Medicine, Stephenson Cancer Center, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 800 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
2Department of Pathology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 940 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, BMSB 451, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA

Received 10 February 2014; Revised 21 April 2014; Accepted 23 April 2014; Published 13 May 2014

Academic Editor: Marie-Christine Kyrtsonis

Copyright © 2014 Mohamad Khawandanah et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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