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Hodgkin's disease primarily involving Waldeyer's ring. Case report and review of the literature. 1996

C H Dunphy, and O Saravia, and M A Varvares

Department of Pathology, St Louis University Health Sciences Center, Missouri 63104, USA.

We report a rare case of mixed cellularity Hodgkin's disease primarily involving Waldeyer's ring, which was confirmed by immunohistochemistry and gene rearrangement studies. Our literature search revealed only 14 cases of this entity; six of these represented lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin's disease not confirmed by immunohistochemistry and, thus, were possibly not truly Hodgkin's disease. Our case demonstrates the diagnostic difficulties in this rare entity and we recommend appropriate immunoperoxidase staining in atypical lymphoid proliferations involving otolaryngic mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D006689	Hodgkin Disease	A malignant disease characterized by progressive enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and general lymphoid tissue. In the classical variant, giant usually multinucleate Hodgkin's and REED-STERNBERG CELLS are present; in the nodular lymphocyte predominant variant, lymphocytic and histiocytic cells are seen.	Granuloma, Hodgkin,Granuloma, Malignant,Hodgkin Lymphoma,Lymphogranuloma, Malignant,Granuloma, Hodgkin's,Granuloma, Hodgkins,Hodgkin Lymphoma, Adult,Hodgkin's Disease,Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Hodgkins Disease,Lymphocyte Depletion Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Lymphocyte-Rich Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Mixed Cellularity Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Nodular Sclerosing Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma,Disease, Hodgkin,Disease, Hodgkin's,Disease, Hodgkins,Hodgkin Granuloma,Hodgkin's Granuloma,Hodgkins Granuloma,Hodgkins Lymphoma,Lymphocyte Rich Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Lymphogranulomas, Malignant,Lymphoma, Hodgkin,Lymphoma, Hodgkin's,Malignant Granuloma,Malignant Granulomas,Malignant Lymphogranuloma,Malignant Lymphogranulomas,Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014062	Tongue Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the TONGUE.	Cancer of Tongue,Tongue Cancer,Cancer of the Tongue,Neoplasms, Tongue,Cancer, Tongue,Cancers, Tongue,Neoplasm, Tongue,Tongue Cancers,Tongue Neoplasm
D014067	Tonsillar Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the PALATINE TONSIL.	Cancer of Tonsil,Tonsillar Cancer,Cancer of the Tonsil,Neoplasms, Tonsil,Neoplasms, Tonsillar,Tonsil Cancer,Tonsil Neoplasms,Cancer, Tonsil,Cancer, Tonsillar,Cancers, Tonsil,Cancers, Tonsillar,Neoplasm, Tonsil,Neoplasm, Tonsillar,Tonsil Cancers,Tonsil Neoplasm,Tonsillar Cancers,Tonsillar Neoplasm