Synchronous Hodgkin's disease and gastric adenocarcinoma.
BACKGROUND
Adenocarcinoma is the most frequent pathological type of stomach cancer. Hodgkin's lymphoma is a lymphoproliferative disease arising from lymphoid tissue which is characterized by Reed-Sternberg cells. Synchronous occurrence of these two malignancies has not been reported in the English literature so far.


METHODS
Here we present a 52-year-old male complaining of epigastric pain and fever diagnosed as stomach adenocarcinoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.


CONCLUSIONS
It is thought that this case is the first of a synchronous stomach adenocarcinoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma encountered in the English literature. It should be kept in mind that second malignancies can be seen in mass lesions in patients diagnosed with cancer.
Department of Internal Medicine, Sahinbey Medical Center, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Gazi
G
Comez
Yavuz
Y
Pehlivan
Mehmet Emin
ME
Kalender
Alper
A
Sevinc
Ibrahim
I
Sari
Celalettin
C
Camci
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D016539:Reed-Sternberg Cells / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000008:administration & dosage
D001761:Bleomycin; D014747:Vinblastine; D003606:Dacarbazine; D004317:Doxorubicin