An unusual cutaneous presentation of Hodgkin's disease

Hodgkin's disease is a neoplasm of lymphoid tissue defined histopathologically by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells in an appropriate cellular background. Hodgkin's disease extends only rarely into the skin. Sinus and fistula formation has been reported in very occasional cases. We now...

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Published in:Journal of laryngology and otology 1999-08, Vol.113 (8), p.765-768
Main Authors: De Grip, A., Schofield, J. B., Shotton, J. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical Records
Diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
differential
Female
Hodgkin Disease - complications
Hodgkin Disease - drug therapy
Hodgkin Disease - pathology
Hodgkin's disease
Humans
Medical sciences
Neck
Otorhinolaryngology (head neck, general aspects and miscellaneous)
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Recurrence
Reed-Sternberg Cells - pathology
Skin manifestations
Skin Neoplasms - drug therapy
Skin Neoplasms - etiology
Skin Neoplasms - pathology
Tumors
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Summary:Hodgkin's disease is a neoplasm of lymphoid tissue defined histopathologically by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells in an appropriate cellular background. Hodgkin's disease extends only rarely into the skin. Sinus and fistula formation has been reported in very occasional cases. We now report a case of a 34-year-old woman presenting with a cutaneous lesion surrounding a discharging blind-ending sinus in the neck, subsequently diagnosed as Hodgkin's disease. To our knowledge this form of presentation of Hodgkin's disease has not been reported in the English literature before, and at the same time we would like to outline the difficulties in diagnosis encountered with these cutaneous lymphoid lesions.
ISSN:0022-2151
1748-5460
DOI:10.1017/S0022215100145153