Infectious mononucleosis in a patient with Hodgkin's disease.
The case is presented of a patient, treated for Hodgkin's disease, who contracted infectious mononucleosis more than 3 years later. While Epstein-Barr virus has been considered a possible etiologic factor in Hodgkin's disease, the sequence of events reported in this case has to be interpreted as evidence against a causal relationship between the virus and Hodgkin's disease in this patient.
D000293:Adolescent; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000914:Antibodies, Viral