HODGKIN'S DISEASE OF THE SCALP

1 February 1936

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

Vol. 33 (2) , 259-266
https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1936.01470080055004

Abstract

In 1934 a case was reported by Greenhouse and Cornell¹in 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,²who gave its incidence at 0.16 per cent in 8,485 autopsies. Cole,³Fox,⁴Miller,⁵Rulison⁶and Lisa⁷are only a few of the authors who have written extensively on the subject of Hodgkin's disease of the skin. Cole's³description 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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