Primary Hodgkin's disease of the lung. Case report and review of the literature.
A patient with primary Hodgkin's disease of the lung is described. Special features of this case were alcohol-induced chest pain as the main presenting clinical symptom and the documentation of the evolution of the pulmonary mass by serial X-rays. Complete remission was achieved by lobectomy and subsequent MOPP-therapy. Since then the patient has been in unmaintained remission for 36 months.
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008466:Mechlorethamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011344:Procarbazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011344:Procarbazine; D008466:Mechlorethamine; D014750:Vincristine; D011241:Prednisone