RESEARCH PAPER
DERMATITIS AND FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN AS MASKS OF THE
INITIAL STAGE OF HODGKIN’S DISEASE
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| 1 | Z Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Wewnętrznych
Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lublinie
Publicznego Szpitala Klinicznego Nr. 1 w Lublinie |
Med Og. 2008;14(4)
KEYWORDS
Hodgkin’s disease may be the cause of fever of unknown origin. The article describes the case of
a patient with the first symptoms of Hodgkin’s disease - fever and dermatitis. The disease was
diagnosed based on histopathologic examination of the enlarged, axillary lymph nodes. Resolution of
symptoms was obtained after chemotheraphy
ABSTRACT
Hodgkin’s disease may be the cause of fever of unknown origin. The article describes the case of
a patient with the first symptoms of Hodgkin’s disease - fever and dermatitis. The disease was
diagnosed based on histopathologic examination of the enlarged, axillary lymph nodes. Resolution of
symptoms was obtained after chemotheraphy
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