Alcohol pain in Hodgkin's disease
β Scribed by K. Atkinson; D. E. Austin; T. J. McElwain; M. J. Peckham
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 319 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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β¦ Synopsis
Thirty-five patients with Hodgkin's disease experienced alcohol pain. Nodular sclerosis was the predominant histological grade (77%). Alcohol pain was associated with other factors generally considered to indicate an unfavorable prognosis--systemic symptoms, Stage II disease with multiple site involvement, Stage III or IV disease. Enlargment and a rise in temperature of lymph nodes were both present at or appeared at the site of pain in the majority (86%) of patients with this symptom.
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