Pathologie und Klinik der Lepra

Klingmüller, G

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-87077-4_1

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“…They are both associated with a reduction in cellular immunity [1,10], Although Hodgkin's disease is frequently associated with various infectious diseases [8], its association with leprosy is rare [3,9]. On the other hand, the incidence of malignant disease in leprous patients is the same as that in matched population groups without leprosy [5,7,9). At the beginning of the century it was observed that malignant diseases were very rare in patients with leprosy [6], The basis for this observation is probably the very short life expectancy of leprous patients at that time [5.…”

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Development of Hodgkin’s Disease in a Patient with Leprosy

Weshler¹,

Leviatan²,

Gordon³

et al. 1978

Oncology

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We present a patient with leprosy who developed Hodgkin’s disease of the nodular sclerosing type. There are two previous reports describing the combination of leprosy and Hodgkin’s disease in a single patient [3, 9]. Hodgkin’s disease was diagnosed 14 months after the complete disappearance of mycobacterium leprae from the skin lesions, under treatment with DDS (diamino-diphenyl-sulfone). Hodgkin’s disease was treated by irradiation and chemotherapy. Obstructive jaundice developed which resolved under treatment by irradiation of the hilar area of the liver, chemotherapy and hormones. During two years of immuno-suppressive therapy, without DDS, no exacerbation of the leprosy occurred.

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