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Query: UMLS:C0019829 (
Hodgkin's disease
)
30,247
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A fatal case of Coxsackie B4 myocarditis complicating treatment of
Hodgkin's lymphoma
in an adult is reported. The virus was isolated from the myocardium obtained at autopsy and light microscopy confirmed a myocarditis with involvement of the conduction system. Electron-microscopy showed dense mitochondrial inclusions.
Coxsackie myocarditis
rarely results in death of affected adults. It is postulated in this case that the treatment of the
Hodgkin's lymphoma
resulted in B lymphocyte depletion, allowing a more virulent infection to occur with resultant fatal myocarditis.
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PMID:Coxsackie myocarditis complicating treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma. 21 41
