An unusual cause of sigmoid tumour: primary Hodgkin's disease. Case report.
Localized primary extranodal Hodgkin's disease is rare, especially in the digestive tract. A case is reported in which primary Hodgkin's disease presented as an ulcerated tumour of the sigmoid colon. The prognosis and management of such localized extranodal Hodgkin's lesions are discussed.
Groebli
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Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland.
Deltour
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Jacot-des-Combes
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Rohner
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D000368:Aged; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*