title: Primary Hodgkin lymphoma of the central nervous system.
abstract: Primary involvement of the central nervous system by Hodgkin lymphoma is rare; most cases represent metastases. We report a primary Hodgkin lymphoma presenting in the cerebellum of a 77-year-old man and review the literature on primary Hodgkin lymphoma of the central nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Nematullah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharaf
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Bjorn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Joung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Electronic address: praysor@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Prayson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000473:pathology*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male
keywords: Brain tumor; Central nervous system; Cerebellum; Epstein-Barr virus; Primary Hodgkin lymphoma