Alopecia Areata and Demyelination as Paraneoplastic Manifestation in Paediatric Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is one of the commonly encountered lymphomas in childhood. Most of the children present with lymphadenopathy. A rare subset of children do present with constellation of atypical symptoms as paraneoplastic syndromes. We hereby present an 11-year-old boy with classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma associated with Alopecia areata and demyelination as paraneoplastic manifestations. Both these paraneoplastic manifestations improved after initiating chemotherapy (ABVD regimen). A high index of suspicion for underlying malignancy would help clinicians in clinching an early diagnosis and would avert the associated complications.
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| Issue | Vol 12, No 2 (2018) | |
| Section | Case Report(s) | |
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| Hodgkin's lymphoma Paraneoplastic syndrome Alopecia areata Pontine myelinolysis | ||
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