Primary intracerebra Hodgkin's disease mimicking meningioma: Case report

Mahlon D. Johnson; Marsha C. Kinney; Bernd W. Scheithauer; Randall J. Briley; Kathy Hamilton; Warren F. McPherson; John H. Barton

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Primary intracerebra Hodgkin's disease mimicking meningioma: Case report

Mahlon D. Johnson, Marsha C. Kinney, Bernd W. Scheithauer, Randall J. Briley, Kathy Hamilton, Warren F. McPherson, John H. Barton

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OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: A rare case of dura-based primary cerebral Hodgkin's disease clinically and radiographically indistinguishable from a meningioma is described. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A 55-year-old immunocompetent woman presented with headaches and ataxia. Magnetic resonance images demonstrated a circumscribed diffusely enhancing mass with a dural tail attached to the cerebellar tentorium. INTERVENTION: Operation inspection also suggested a meningioma, but a frozen section of the firm mass revealed an inflammatory lesion. Subsequent pathological analysis demonstrated Hodgkin's disease, nodular sclerosing type. An extensive workup revealed no systemic disease. CONCLUSION: This case illustrates the rare occurrence of primary intracranial Hodgkin's disease and its mimicry of meningioma.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	454-457
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neurosurgery
Volume	47
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-200008000-00038
State	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Dura
Hodgkin's disease
Meningioma

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Clinical Neurology
Surgery

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