A literary portrait of a case of Hodgkin lymphoma by Wilkie Collins?. Issue 2 (22nd December 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fernandez-Flores, Angel
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical pathology. Volume 64:Issue 2(2011)
• Page Start: 171
• Page End: 173
• Publication Date: 2010-12-22
• Subjects: Hodgkin lymphoma -- Thomas Hodgkin -- Robert Carswell -- Wilkie Collins; Pathology -- Periodicals; Pathology, Molecular -- Periodicals; 616.0705
• DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2010.085571
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9746

Abstract

Abstract : In October 1859, 'The Queen of Hearts' was published by Wilkie Collins. This book is a collection of 10 short stories written by the protagonists (three retired brothers), in order to keep their niece (aka the queen of hearts) entertained, until the arrival of her fiancé-to-be. The second story of the book, titled 'Brother Griffith's story of the family secret, ' narrates the death of a young girl who has a slow-growing deforming tumour on her neck. Even with the few clinical details provided by the literary description, the current report examines the possibility of Hodgkin lymphoma as a diagnosis, concluding that the option is not an unwise one.