title: Peripheral T cell lymphoma associated with multiple myeloma.
abstract: We report on a 63-year-old febrile woman who was diagnosed as having Hodgkin's disease (HD), after laparotomy. About one and half years later, while on a second line therapy for HD, the patient developed superficial diffuse adenomegaly. At that time, an M component was detected in the serum; bone marrow aspirate and biopsy were consistent with multiple myeloma (MM). An axillary lymphnode biopsy was performed and revealed a peripheral T cell lymphoma (PTCL). On reviewing previous samples the earlier diagnosis of HD was rejected and a diagnosis of PTCL was postulated. The clinical course of the patient was rapidly down-hill; she died soon after hospital admission.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Medicina Generale C, Ospedale di Circolo di Varese.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brumana
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scheidler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonato
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zingaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salmini
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016411:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*