Hypothermia and Hodgkin's disease: case report and review of the literature.
We reported the case of a patient with stage IV Hodgkin's disease (involving the nodes and Liver) presenting with paraneoplastic fever and who subsequently developed hypothermia during chemotherapy administration. We also reviewed the 12 other cases of hypothermia in Hodgkin's disease reported in the literature and discussed the most probable physiopathologic aetiologies.
Meert
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AP
Department of Intensive Care and Thoracic Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium. ap.meert@bordet.be
Berghmans
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Sculier
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D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014750:Vincristine / Q000009:adverse effects
D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D014750:Vincristine