Diagnostic difficulties in Hodgkin disease

Authors

  • Fátima Pais Interna Complementar de Medicina Interna. Serviço de Pneumologia do Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia
  • Idália Esteves Assistente Hospitalar de Pneumologia, Serviço de Pneumologia do Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia
  • António Couceiro Assistente Hospitalar de Anatomia Patológica, Serviço de Pneumologia do Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia
  • Raquel Pina Director do Serviço de Pneumologia, Serviço de Pneumologia do Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia
  • José Ilídio Director do Serviço de Pneumologia, Serviço de Pneumologia do Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia

Keywords:

Hodgkin's disease, limphnode tu­berculosis

Abstract

The authors present a case of Hodgkin's dise­ase. The diagnosis was made when the disease had already two years of evolution. Some coments are made about the difficulty on the diagnosis of this disease.

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1997-03-31

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Pais F, Esteves I, Couceiro A, Pina R, Ilídio J. Diagnostic difficulties in Hodgkin disease. RPMI [Internet]. 1997 Mar. 31 [cited 2024 May 18];4(1):21-4. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2182

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (1997): Janeiro/ Março

Section

Case Reports

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