title: Detection of Hodgkin lymphoma within ovarian tissue.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the detection of Hodgkin lymphoma within ovarian tissue taken at the time of harvest for cryopreservation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  University-affiliated women's hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 19-year-old woman diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laparoscopic removal of ovarian tissue for cryopreservation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Histologic and immunohistochemical evaluation of ovarian tissue harvested for fertility preservation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Histologic and immunohistochemical identification of Hodgkin lymphoma within ovarian tissue harvested for cryopreservation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ovarian cryopreservation and subsequent autografting is a procedure still in an experimental phase that has yielded promising findings. This option is frequently offered to young women with neoplasms such as Hodgkin lymphoma. Although the risk of Hodgkin lymphoma infiltration into the ovary may be low, the identification of lymphoma in this case emphasizes the importance of histologic examination of ovarian tissue before freezing and indicates that there is a possibility of reintroducing tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Sophie E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bittinger
authors.forename: Simon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Nazaretian
authors.forename: Debra A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gook
authors.forename: Chandrika
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: Rosemary A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Harrup
authors.forename: Catharyn J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D015925:Cryopreservation; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000517:prevention & control; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D054315:Oocyte Retrieval; D009865:Oocytes; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult