Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma involving the central nervous system (brain) - an unusual presentation

Sarah Alexandra van Blydenstein; Moosa Patel; Vinitha Philip; Atul Lakha; Sugeshnee Pather; Tracy Westgarth-Taylor; Eddison Thompson; Avinash Kolloori

doi:10.1002/ccr3.66

Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma involving the central nervous system (brain) - an unusual presentation

Clin Case Rep. 2014 Jun;2(3):88-92. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.66. Epub 2014 Apr 15.

Authors

Sarah Alexandra van Blydenstein¹, Moosa Patel², Vinitha Philip², Atul Lakha², Sugeshnee Pather³, Tracy Westgarth-Taylor², Eddison Thompson¹, Avinash Kolloori²

Affiliations

¹ University of Witwatersrand South Africa.
² CHBAH South Africa.
³ National Health Laboratory Service, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand South Africa.

PMID: 25356257
PMCID: PMC4184601
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.66

Abstract

Intracranial Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is considered so atypical that an intracranial space-occupying lesion in a patient with known HL should be thoroughly investigated to rule out a second disease process.

Keywords: Central nervous system (CNS); Hodgkin lymphoma; cerebral mass; relapse; unusual presentation.