Trauma and Hodgkin's disease.
In two patients, Hodgkin's disease developed apparently after a trauma. The relationship between trauma and Hodgkin's disease is discussed. The trauma may be the initiating factor in the development of the pathological process, or it may be a localizing factor in a patient already suffering from Hodgkin's disease. As long as these questions remain unanswered and a causal relationship cannot be excluded, it will be reasonable, if accident insurance problems are involved, to give the patient the benefit of the doubt.
D000328:Adult; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*