Cerebellar involvement in Hodgkin's lymphoma: an atypical site of relapse

Clin Transl Oncol. 2010 Jun;12(6):453-5. doi: 10.1007/s12094-010-0534-4.

Abstract

The presentation of intracranial metastases from Hodgkin's lymphoma is an infrequent event that worsens clinical outcome. A case of Hodgkin's lymphoma relapse in the cerebellum is described in a 70-year-old woman with a previously treated stage IVA Hodgkin's lymphoma. Diagnostic workup and treatment strategies for central nervous system relapses are reviewed and discussed. A combination of surgery, radiotherapy and occasionally chemotherapy remains the most appropriate approach to intracranial Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Female
  • Hodgkin Disease / diagnosis
  • Hodgkin Disease / epidemiology
  • Hodgkin Disease / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Recurrence