Simultaneous presentation of relapsing Hodgkin's disease and treatment-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Med Pediatr Oncol. 1985;13(3):122-5. doi: 10.1002/mpo.2950130303.

Abstract

A 55-year-old white man was diagnosed in 1975 with Hodgkin's disease stage IIA, mixed cellularity. He was treated with 4,500 rads to an inverted-Y field followed by six cycles of MOPP and remained in complete remission. In 1983 a right axillary lymph node biopsy showed recurrent Hodgkin's disease, mixed cellularity. While receiving his initial chemotherapy he developed persistent epigastric distress. Endoscopic gastric biopsy demonstrated a diffuse large-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Surface marker studies confirmed the separate identity of these two malignant lymphoproliferative processes. This represents the first reported simultaneous occurrence of relapsing Hodgkin's disease with treatment-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Hodgkin Disease / pathology
  • Hodgkin Disease / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma / etiology*
  • Lymphoma / pathology
  • Male
  • Mechlorethamine / administration & dosage
  • Mechlorethamine / adverse effects
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced* / pathology
  • Prednisone / administration & dosage
  • Prednisone / adverse effects
  • Procarbazine / administration & dosage
  • Procarbazine / adverse effects
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage
  • Vincristine / adverse effects

Substances

  • Procarbazine
  • Mechlorethamine
  • Vincristine
  • Prednisone

Supplementary concepts

  • MOPP protocol