More than Ophelia syndrome: Multiple paraneoplastic syndromes in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma

Paraneoplastic syndromes in Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) can be seen withdifferent symptoms and organ findings within a significant time beforedefinite diagnosis of the primary disease. Achalasia, Holmes-Adie pupil, andlimbic encephalitis are rarely reported paraneoplastic components in pediatricHL. In this report, we present an 11-year-old girl who had all these threeparaneoplastic components synchronously before HL was identified.

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  • ISSN: 0041-4301
  • Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 6 Sayı
  • Başlangıç: 1958
  • Yayıncı: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Çocuk Sağlığı Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü
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