title: [Hodgkin's disease: relapse after 16 years of continuous remission].
abstract: We report a boy in whom and advanced Hodgkin's disease, nodular sclerosis variety, was diagnosed at 5 years of age and treated with exclusive chemotherapy. After 16 years of remission, he presented with a relapse of the disease, with a different histological pattern and was subjected to chemotherapy (C-MOPP/AVB) and unilateral axillary irradiation, obtaining a complete remission of the disease. Four months later, the patient is asymptomatic and without evidences of relapse.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidad de Concepción, Hospital Clínico Guillermo Grant Benavente, Chile.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rössle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bancalari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fahrenkrog
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cerón
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dujisin
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saldivia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agurto
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000628:therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction
vernacular_title: Enfermedad de Hodgkin: recaída tras 16 años de remisión continuada.