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Multiple cavitating pulmonary nodules in Hodgkin's disease
Author(s) -
Richardson G. E.,
Longo D. L.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19910901)68:5<930::aid-cncr2820680503>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - medicine , lung , biopsy , disease , presentation (obstetrics) , radiology , chemotherapy , pathology , surgery
Although pulmonary involvement in Hodgkin's disease is common, the presentation with multiple cavitating lung lesions is exceedingly rare, having been described in only five patients. The authors present a case report of a 27‐year‐old woman with nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease treated with conventional chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation. The patient relapsed with multiple cavitating lung lesions requiring open‐lung biopsy for diagnosis.