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Hodgkin’s lymphoma in a man with dilated cardiomyopathy and paraneoplastic ataxia: a therapeutical challenge
Author(s) -
Elisabetta Abruzzese,
Malgorzata Monika Trawinska,
Achille Gaspardone,
Antonino Morocutti,
Paolo de Fabritiis
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
hematology reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.239
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2038-8330
DOI - 10.4081/hr.2017.6944
Subject(s) - medicine , dilated cardiomyopathy , lymphoma , cardiomyopathy , hodgkin's lymphoma , hodgkin lymphoma , cardiology , heart failure , cancer , oncology
Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system. We report the case of a man with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and cardiomyopathy, for which the dilemma was whether to use the standard protocol − putting the patient at risk of worsening of heart failure, but giving him a good chance of full recovery − or not. The standard protocol was given and the patient made a full recovery without cardiac complications

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