Testicular Cancer after Treatment for Hodgkin's Disease

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To the Editor: In Case 6–1980 in the issue of February 14, Dr. Come observed that to his knowledge germ-cell tumors have so far not been described in association with Hodgkin's disease. Although we also are unaware of any such report in the literature, we recently observed a testicular cancer developing in one of our patients previously treated for Hodgkin's disease.In February 1975, a 39-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of a left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy. He reported fever, sweating, and weight loss. An x-ray film of the chest showed a mediastinal mass. A biopsy of a supraclavicular . . .

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