The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma:
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99).
- Superior vena cava syndrome (VCSS) – symptom complex resulting from venous outflow obstruction of the superior vena cava (VCS; superior vena cava); usually caused by a mediastinal tumor leading to compression of the superior vena cava; clinical presentation:
- Congested and dilated veins of the neck (jugular venous congestion), head, and arms.
- Feeling of pressure in the head or neck
- Cephalgia (headache)
- Other symptoms depending on the cause: dyspnea (shortness of breath), dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), stridor (whistling breathing sound that occurs during inhalation and/or exhalation), cough, cyanosis (bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes).
Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48) [second neoplasms].
- Breast carcinoma
- Primary pulmonary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma without lymph node involvement; may occur in advanced disease stages in up to 12% of patients
- Thyroid carcinoma (47% of all thyroid carcinomas).
Further
- Side effects due to:
- Radiatio (radiotherapy)
- Chemotherapy, etc.
