Obstructive jaundice secondary to bile duct involvement with Hodgkin's disease: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Obstructive jaundice due to lymphoma is very rare. It may be difficult to distinguish between this condition and a large number of causes of extrahepatic bile duct obstruction, even by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography. Its prognosis is poor. Combined chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy with bile duct drainage is a therapeutic option.


METHODS
We describe a case of obstructive jaundice as the initial presentation of Hodgkin's disease. After chemotherapy and endoscopic bile duct stenting, it was noted that the enlarged lymph nodes, jaundice and bile duct dilation disappeared.
Di Sena
Veruska
V
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil.
Thuler
Fernanda Prata Borges Martins
FP
Macedo
Erika Pereira
EP
Paulo
Gustavo Andrade de
GA
Della Libera
Ermelindo
E
Ferrari
Angelo Paulo
AP
D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed