title: A rare presentation of central nervous system in a pediatric patient with Hodgkin disease: cavernous sinus syndrome.
abstract: Intracranial involvement by Hodgkin disease is rare. We report a pediatric patient with Hodgkin disease who had intracranial disease at presentation. The patient was referred to our hospital with a suspicion of central nervous system tumor. Although the most common presenting feature of intracranial Hodgkin disease is cranial nerve palsy with brain parenchyma being the most common intracranial site of involvement, to our best knowledge no pediatric case of Hodgkin disease presented with isolated cavernous sinus syndrome reported. We report this rare case because of its unusual presentation, in which Hodgkin disease presented with cavernous sinus syndrome. Physicians should consider the probability of Hodgkin disease in children of all ages who present with cavernous sinus syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hematology, The Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. alioglub@gmail.com
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alioglu
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ustun
authors.forename: Akif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sonmez
authors.forename: Hacer
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Fatma Inci
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Arikan
authors.forename: Yildiz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dallar
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia; D012074:Remission Induction; D013577:Syndrome