Intracranial Hodgkin's disease is very rare and is often a terminal event. The case of a 33-year-old man who relapsed in the anterior pituitary gland without other evidence of disease 6 months after extended field radiation therapy for Stage IIA Hodgkin's disease is presented. He remains well with n
Familial Hodgkin's disease: a disease of young adulthood?
β Scribed by A. M. Ferraris; O. Racchi; D. Rapezzi; G. F. Gaetani; P. Boffetta
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0939-5555
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