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Central nervous system Hodgkin lymphoma: case report and review of the literature. J Neurooncol 2011 Apr;102(2):329-34

Date

08/03/2010

Pubmed ID

20676729

DOI

10.1007/s11060-010-0320-8

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-79953676865 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   7 Citations

Abstract

Central nervous system (CNS) involvement by Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is extremely rare, accounting for 0.5% or less of HL cases. In contrast, CNS involvement can occur in 5-30% of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. CNS HL can present at any point in the course of HL, most commonly during relapsing disease, and has been described in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. We describe a case of HL affecting the CNS and bone marrow on initial presentation in a 79-year-old immunocompetent female with a prior history of squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx and adenocarcinoma of the lung. Following the case report, a review of the literature on CNS HL is presented.

Author List

Torgerson S, Olteanu H, Tinguely M, Fenske TS

Author

Timothy Fenske MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Aged
Bone Marrow Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Central Nervous System Neoplasms
Fatal Outcome
Female
Hodgkin Disease
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Laryngeal Neoplasms
Lung Neoplasms
Postoperative Complications
Tomography, X-Ray Computed