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

نویسندگان

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

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE 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.

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دوره 2  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2014