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8342540

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
Patients presenting with Hodgkin's disease (HD) may show lung involvement characterized by contiguous spread from ipsilateral hilar lymph nodes. Lung consolidation or noncontiguous pulmonary involvement makes an alternative diagnosis more likely. This report describes a patient with HD in whom concurrent pulmonary blastomycosis was recognized only after chemotherapy had started and dissemination had occurred. Although Blastomyces dermatitidis may behave as an opportunist pathogen, there are no previous reports of blastomycosis in patients with HD. Undiagnosed active opportunistic infection at the time of diagnosis of HD may complicate staging as well as treatment. Biopsy of lung lesions with stain and culture for opportunistic pathogens should be considered in patients with newly diagnosed HD disease and atypical patterns of lung involvement.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0361-8609
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
129-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Reactivation and dissemination of blastomycosis complicating Hodgkin's disease: a case report and review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto-Bayview Regional Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports