title: Primary intracerebral Hodgkin's disease: a case report.
abstract: The authors report a case of primary intracerebral Hodgkin's disease in an 84-year-old woman who presented with a solitary intraparenchymal parieto-occipital lesion and absence of extracranial disease. The histologic diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease was further confirmed with positive immunohistochemical staining of Hodgkin's mononuclear cells and Reed-Sternberg cells and electron microscopy. Such an initial presentation of a solitary intracerebral tumor is extremely rare in Hodgkin's disease. This case helps establish primary intracerebral Hodgkin's disease as a true entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Sickler
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Papasozomenos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging