Alcohol-Induced Pain in Hodgkin's Disease

Abstract
REPORTS by Verbeeten1 and Biche1 and BastrupMadsen2 have called attention to the seldom reported phenomenon of the production of pain in Hodgkin's disease by ethyl alcohol. With the exception of an article by Hoster3 this subject has not been discussed in the American literature. The phenomenon may appear before other signs of Hodgkin's disease and, consequently, may be helpful in diagnosis. For this reason and also because this effect of alcohol is unusual and interesting, we present a case and summarize the cases previously reported.Case ReportA 20-year-old soldier first became ill with Hodgkin's disease in December, 1951. He . . .

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