Classical Hodgkin’s disease One-third of patients present with - TopicsExpress



          

Classical Hodgkin’s disease One-third of patients present with fevers, night sweats, and/or weight lossB symptoms in the Ann Arbor staging classification. Occasionally, Hodgkin’s disease can present as a fever of unknown origin. This is more common in older patients who are found to have mixed-cellularity Hodgkin’s disease in and abdominal site. Rarely, the fevers persist for days to weeks, followed by afebrile intervals and then recurrence of the fever. This pattern is known as Pel-Ebstein fever. (Ref. Harrison, 17th Edition, Vol. 1, Pg. 699)
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:08:50 +0000

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