Primary Hodgkin's Disease of the Tonsil. Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

G. Las Heras Departments of Hematology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

J. M. Ribera Departments of Hematology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

F. Roca-ribas Otolaryngology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

E. Abella Departments of Hematology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

M. Batlle Departments of Hematology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

I. Roig Pathology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

F. Milla Departments of Hematology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

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Abstract

A 31 year-old woman with mixed cellularity Hodgkin's disease with isolated tonsilar involvement is reported. Local radiotherapy was given, and the patient remained assymptomatic, without evidence of disease 16 months from the time of diagnosis. After a review of the literature only 17 well-documented cases of Hodgkin's disease arising in the nasopharynx have been found. After reviewing this data, we suggest that systematic examination of the Waldeyer's ring should always be performed in cases of Hodgkin's disease arising in the laterocervical lymph nodes.

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