Skin invasion of Hodgkin's disease mimicking scrofuloderma

Dermatology. 1999;199(3):268-70. doi: 10.1159/000018263.

Abstract

We report a case of direct skin invasion by Hodgkin's disease from a left supraclavicular lymph node. Clinical and pathological presentations mimicked infectious disease such as scrofuloderma. The nodule later developed a fistula following a biopsy that never healed despite numerous antibiotic treatments. Ten months later, other nodules with spontaneous fistula formation appeared on the anterior neck. A diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease was then made. Subsequent COPP cytostatic therapy remarkably improved the skin lesions and lymph nodes achieving complete remission.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hodgkin Disease / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / pathology*