title: Primary gastric Hodgkin's lymphoma: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Primary gastric Hodgkin's lymphoma is a rarely encountered lesion. Most cases are observed in the course of systemic disease. Other cases have been reclassified in retrospective studies as non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, after the employment of immunohistochemistry. Some Hodgkin's lymphomas may masquerade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, and vice versa. Therefore, an accurate diagnosis is important, as treatment and outcome differ significantly for these entities. We report a case of primary Hodgkin's lymphoma arising in the stomach of a 46-year-old male, and discuss the diagnostic approach as well as the differentials of Hodgkin's disease in this anatomic site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Ippokration Hospital of Salonica, Greece.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Venizelos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tamiolakis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bolioti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nikolaidou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lambropoulou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alexiadis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manavis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
mesh_terms: D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*