Abstract
DIFFUSE thymic hyperplasia following chemotherapy has rarely been reported in Hodgkin's disease, but its presence has been proposed as a favorable sign for the control of the illness.<sup>1</sup> We report herein a case of a 33-year-old woman with mixed cellular Hodgkin's disease who went into complete remission after chemotherapy and radiotherapy. While she was in complete remission, a mediastinal mass appeared that was proven histologically to be an enlarged thymus. <h3>Report of a Case</h3> A 33-year-old woman had been healthy until 1979, when she started to suffer from intermittent fever and night sweats. In August 1980, a physical examination detected left laterocervical, supraclavicular, and right axillar lymphadenopathies. The diagnosis of stage IIB mixed cellular Hodgkin's disease was made by a biopsy of the supraclavicular node and by staging procedures. She was treated with chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone) and radiotherapy (total nodal irradiation).<sup>2</sup>She went into complete
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