Intracerebral presentation of Hodgkin disease mimicking meningioma in a young woman: case presentation with literature review

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 May;30(5):369-72. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31816392b7.

Abstract

Intracranial involvement of the Hodgkin disease (HD) is a rare entity. Until now, 9 cases of initial presentation of the HD as a brain tumor with appropriate morphologic and histochemical confirmation were reported. Of the 9 patients, 6 had isolated primary intracranial HD and 3 patients after further investigation were found to have extracranial involvement. Seven patients had nodular sclerosing histology, 1 had mixed cellularity, and in 1 case histology was not reported. We describe a patient with systemic nodular sclerosing HD, who initially presented with a brain mass mimicking meningioma and was found to have disseminated lymphadenopathy and bone involvement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hodgkin Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hodgkin Disease / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Meningioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Meningioma / pathology*
  • Radiography