Intracerebral Hodgkin's Lymphoma in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Cancer Investigation
- Vol. 27 (2), 215-220
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07357900802189824
Abstract
Richter's syndrome is defined as the transformation of low grade lymphoma to more aggressive high grade malignant form, usually diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Primary or metastatic cerebral Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma variant of Richter transformation are extremely rare. We report a case of 65-year old man who developed isolated intracerebral Hodgkin's lymphoma almost 8 years after the diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, and we reviewed the related literature. The patient had resection of his CNS lesion, followed by radiation and chemotherapy. The patient eventually died with progressive disease.Keywords
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