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February 1936

HODGKIN'S DISEASE OF THE SCALP: REPORT OF A CASE

Author Affiliations

TORONTO, CANADA

From the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, and the Hospital for Sick Children.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1936;33(2):259-266. doi:10.1001/archderm.1936.01470080055004
Abstract

In 1934 a case was reported by Greenhouse and Cornell1 in which the condition was designated "lymphoblastoma (Hodgkin's disease) of the scalp." Because of its similarity to their case another case is reported here.

Considering its rarity, Hodgkin's disease has commanded a large share of attention in the literature. One of the most recent and most comprehensive reviews of the whole subject is by Wallhauser,2 who gave its incidence at 0.16 per cent in 8,485 autopsies. Cole,3 Fox,4 Miller,5 Rulison6 and Lisa7 are only a few of the authors who have written extensively on the subject of Hodgkin's disease of the skin.

Cole's3 description of the manifestations in the skin, without the formation of tumors, has been much quoted by later writers. This nonspecific involvement of the skin occurs in about 25 per cent of the cases, and Lisa stated that in

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