Primary intracerebral Hodgkin's disease: report of a case with Epstein-Barr virus association and review of the literature.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case of primary intracerebral Hodgkin's disease (HD) without dural attachment in a 54-year-old immunocompetent patient is described. The infiltrate was located superficially in the occipital lobe and corresponded to the histologic type of nodular sclerosis. A typical immunohistochemical profile (membrane and cytoplasmic staining with dotlike Golgi enhancement of CD30, moderate cytoplasmic staining of CD15 in the Golgi area, membrane staining of CD20 of <10% of blastic cells, CD45RB negative) and in addition Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latent membrane protein was detectable in Reed-Sternberg cells. Staging revealed no other organ sites of involvement. After combined surgery, postoperative radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, there are no signs of recurrence or systemic disease on follow-up for >1 year. To the authors' best knowledge, an association of EBV with primary central nervous system HD has not been demonstrated before.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Neoplasms
- Herpesviridae Infections
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Hodgkin Disease
- Tumor Virus Infections