Primary Management of Hodgkin's Disease

Successful management of primary non Hodgkins lymphoma of the cranial vault

Primary bone lymphoma (PBL) is a relatively uncommon entity. However, involvement of the cranial vault is an unusual manifestation of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. We report the case of a 42-year old immunocompetent woman who presented with an enlarging mass involving the right parietal bone. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed an expansive tumor that affects the right p...

Primary non-Hodgkins lymphoma of the parotid gland.

UNLABELLED Primary malignant lymphomas in the salivary glands are relatively rare. Clinical presentation is not characteristic and the disease is often overlooked resulting in diagnosis and treatment delays. AIM To stress the importance of the diagnostic process and combined management, we present a series of eight patients with malignant lymphoma of the parotid who were diagnosed only after ...

Primary Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma of the prostate presenting as haematuria

We report a rare case of Primary Non-Hodgkins lymphoma of prostate presenting as an emergency with gross haematuria. A review of literature is also discussed. A 71 year old man presented to Emergency department with gross haematuria and was found to have grossly enlarged right lobe of the prostate on digital rectal examination. Histology confirmed a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the prostate...

Current strategies in the treatment of childhood Hodgkins disease.

Dramatic changes in the treatment of childhood Hodgkins disease have taken place during the past three decades. Contemporary combined modality treatment regimens produce durable disease-free survival in 90 to 100%of patients with early disease and in 70 to 85%of patients with advanced disease. Studies using chemotherapy alone also report high survival rates, and current studies are few to highl...

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