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Samir K. Ballas, MD; Parvin Saidi, MD; Paul Coccia, MD

JAMA. 1975;234(11):1162-1163.

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HODGKIN disease and infectious mononucleosis have long been recognized to be associated with each other. There are at least 37 patients reported in the literature¹ in whom infectious mononucleosis was well documented before the onset of Hodgkin disease. Moreover, in two patients, Hodgkin disease and infectious mononucleosis were diagnosed concurrently.^2,3 We report here a further example of the association of these two diseases. Our patient, however, is paradoxical in comparison to those previously reported, in that Hodgkin disease preceded the onset of infectious mononucleosis.

Report of a Case

A 20-year-old woman was well until about three months prior to her first admission to Raritan Valley Hospital on Feb 20, 1974, when a slightly tender swelling of the right side of the neck was noted with no other signs or symptoms. There was no past history or family history of any blood dyscrasia. Chronic drug use or abuse was denied. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology (Drs Ballas and Saidi) and Raritan Valley Hospital (Dr Coccia), College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, NJ.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Cardeza Foundation, 1015 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (Dr Ballas).

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