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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Severe ataxia uncovered Hodgkin's lymphoma: do not forget CT neck when looking for covert malignancy.

Naim Izet Kajtazi, Ehtesham Khalid, Juman Al Ghamdi, Ahmad Abulaban, Majed H AlHameed

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Naim Izet KajtaziNeurology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia nkajtazi@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9983-3584
Ehtesham KhalidDepartment of Neurology, Ideal Medicare Clinic, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
Juman Al GhamdiMedical Imaging Administration, Intervention Neuroradiology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmad AbulabanNeurology, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Majed H AlHameedNeurology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Fahd Medical City · SAKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 53-year-old woman without medical problems presented with 5-month history of dizziness, difficulty speaking, severe ataxia, which worsened a day before admission to inability to stand unsupported. An extensive workup was initiated to find the cause of ataxia. The laboratory investigations and imaging of the brain and whole spine revealed no lesions. She was found to have autoimmune thyroiditis, positive coeliac disease antibodies without clinical features and vitamin D deficiency. No intravenous steroids or immunosuppressive therapy was given. Cerebrospinal fluid showed lymphocytic pleocytosis. The workup for the cause of severe ataxia revealed an oropharyngeal lesion with cervical lymph nodes, and the biopsy showed classical Hodgkin's lymphoma of mixed cellularity. She was treated with chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy and made a remarkable recovery, and currently, she is in remission without distant metastases, 5 years after the initial diagnosis. Her neurological status improved, and she remained with mild ataxia.

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Hodgkin DiseaseAtaxiaBiopsyFemaleHumansLymphocytesMiddle AgedTomography, X-Ray Computedhaematology (incl blood transfusion)headache (including migraines)infection (neurology)movement disorders (other than Parkinson's)neuroimaging

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