Langerhans' cell histiocytosis associated with Hodgkin's disease: a case report.
A patient who developed pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis after chemotherapy for nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease is presented. Twenty-one cases of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis associated with Hodgkin's disease have been reported in the literature. Such an association seems to be more than fortuitous. The possibilities of a common etiological agent inducing both Hodgkin's disease and Langerhans' cell histiocytosis and of a reactive proliferation of Langerhans' cells after radiotherapy or chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease are discussed.
Shin
M S
MS
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Buchalter
S E
SE
Ho
K J
KJ
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000188:drug therapy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000188:drug therapy