Case 44-1981

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Presentation of CaseA 42-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of a question of constrictive pericarditis.He was well until four years previously, when an x-ray film of the chest, obtained elsewhere, revealed mediastinal enlargement. No peripheral lymphadenopathy was found on physical examination. Microscopical examination of a biopsy specimen of a mediastinal lymph node showed Hodgkin's disease, nodular-sclerosis type. Examination of biopsy specimens of a cervical lymph node and the liver and the excised spleen revealed no evidence of lymphoma. Radiation treatment was administered to the mediastinum and the retroperitoneum. Thereafter, the patient felt well, and a routine . . .