Hodgkin disease in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency.
Extensive extralymphatic Hodgkin disease developed in a young man with common variable immunodeficiency manifested by hypogammaglobulinemia, recurrent sinopulmonary infections, and multiple autoimmune phenomena. Both humoral and cell-mediated immune dysfunction were present prior to treatment. After two cycles of chemotherapy, irreversible shock developed, and death occurred secondary to overwhelming infection in spite of prophylactic gammaglobulin replacement. The unusual features of this patient's case of extralymphatic Hodgkin disease in association with a primary immunodeficiency disorder have not been previously reported.
Department of Hematology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
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Fesus
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Hagemeister
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Manning
D000328:Adult; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male