Hodgkin's Disease of the Jejunum
- 1 February 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 121 (2) , 174-176
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1968.03640020062012
Abstract
Involvement of the small intestine is an uncommon manifestation of Hodgkin's disease. Jackson and Parker,1in a review of autopsy material from 95 cases of Hodgkin's granuloma and sarcoma, found only two instances of primary small bowel involvement. Of 217 postmortem examinations of patients with Hodgkin's disease, Portmann et al2discovered primary sites in the small intestine only in one case. Symmers3reported no occurrence in 173 cases reviewed. The reported complications of Hodgkin's disease of the small intestine include obstruction,2,4ulceration,4,5malabsorption,6hemorrhage,2and perforation.7-14In the few cases of perforation reported, all were thought to be spontaneous and the result of the natural erosive process of the basic disease. This report describes a case of Hodgkin's disease of the small intestine with perforation occurring during radiation therapy to the abdomen. Patient Summary A 20-year-old white man was admitted to theThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: