Primary pulmonary Hodgkin's disease and tuberculosis in an 11‐year‐old boy: Case report and review of the literature

Tuberculosis (TB) has been described in association with different malignancies including Hodgkin's disease. However, the association with primary pulmonary Hodgkin's disease (PPHD) is hardly reported in literature and in teenage is quite exceptional. We report a case of an 11 years old bo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric pulmonology 2006-07, Vol.41 (7), p.694-698
Hauptverfasser:	Codrich, Daniela, Monai, Margherita, Pelizzo, Gloria, Bussani, Rossana, Rabusin, Marco, Guastalla, Pierpaolo, Barbi, Egidio, Schleef, Jürgen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system Biological and medical sciences Child Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases Hodgkin Disease - complications Hodgkin Disease - diagnosis Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis Lung Neoplasms - complications Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis Male Medical sciences Pneumology primary pulmonary Hodgkin's lymphoma tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - complications Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:	Tuberculosis (TB) has been described in association with different malignancies including Hodgkin's disease. However, the association with primary pulmonary Hodgkin's disease (PPHD) is hardly reported in literature and in teenage is quite exceptional. We report a case of an 11 years old boy in whom the diagnosis of tuberculosis preceded and delayed the diagnosis of PPHL. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2006; 41: 694–698. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:	8755-6863 1099-0496
DOI:	10.1002/ppul.20422