With regards to imaging of primary extranodal lymphomas, in which of the following sites does extranodal Hodgkin’s disease most commonly occur?
- Spleen
- Thymus
- Thyroid
- Small bowel
- Lung
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When the main bulk of disease at an extranodal site, a lymphoma should be classified as the extranodal type, as these have distinctive pathological, radiological and clinical features from nodal lymphomas. The thymus is the only extranodal site where Hodgkin’s lymphoma commonly occurs, and almost all cases are of the nodular sclerosing subtype.