Hodgkin S Disease Presenting Epitrochlear Nodes
Only very limited information is available on patients with epitrochlear hodgkin disease.
Hodgkin s disease presenting epitrochlear nodes. Weiss rb jenkins jj 3rd. The nodular sclerosis type of hd was present in 5 of the 6 patients. Patients with hodgkin disease with epitrochlear lymph node involvement 7 this very rare presentation of hodgkin dis ease was first described 1932 by rouviere 8 in the subse quent years authors have reported epitrochlear lymph node positivity in hodgkin disease with physical examination findings in rare isolated cases or several large series. Gadolinium enhanced t1 weighted magnetic resonance imaging b revealed multiple enlarged lymph nodes arrows within the distal third of the arm and the epitrochlear region.
Hodgkin s disease presenting in epitrochlear lymph nodes. Two cases of hodgkin s disease hd presenting in epitrochlear nodes are described and compared to four similar cases gleaned from the literature. Two cases of hodgkin s disease hd presenting in epitrochlear nodes are described and compared to four similar cases gleaned from the literature. The literature consists mainly of isolated case studies.
8 in the subsequent years authors have reported epitrochlear lymph node positivity in hodgkin disease with physical examination findings in rare isolated cases or several large series. In the literature very limited information is available on patients with hodgkin disease with epitrochlear lymph node involvement. Enlargement of the epitrochlear lymph nodes is rarely seen in hodgkin disease either as the sole site of involvement or as part of more widespread disease. 7 this very rare presentation of hodgkin disease was first described 1932 by rouviere.
A few patients with this disease have been reported to have involvement of epitrochlear lymph nodes but none have had disease limited to this nodal site. A patient who had clinical stage ia hodgkin s disease involving a single group of epitrochlear nodes is presented. Of the four patients staged with laparotomy two had infradiaphragmatic disease. Hodgkin disease presenting with epitrochlear lymphadenopathy.