title: Post-mortem findings in Ugandans with Hodgkin's disease.
abstract: The necropsy findings in 36 Ugandan patients with Hodgkin's disease are presented. One third of the patients were under the age of 20 years. Most cases showed a lymphocyte depleted tumour pattern. Infective complications were extremely unusual, probably because of the short survival time. Treated patients showed a slightly higher incidence of infective disease than those untreated. Death was a result of widespread tumour which usually showed involvement of many lymph nodes and the liver and spleen.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D002648:Child; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000150:complications; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications; D014454:Uganda