The Report of a Case of Early Hodgkin's Disease Secondarily Infected with a Strain of Pathogenic Monilia

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Article1 July 1932The Report of a Case of Early Hodgkin's Disease Secondarily Infected with a Strain of Pathogenic MoniliaSAMUEL R. HAYTHORN, M.D., F.A.C.P., GEORGE H. ROBINSON, Ph.D., LLOYD JOHNSON, M.D.SAMUEL R. HAYTHORN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, GEORGE H. ROBINSON, Ph.D.Search for more papers by this author, LLOYD JOHNSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-1-72 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe patient concerned in this report was a man 70 years of age who presented an unusual combination of clinical and pathological findings. The diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease was based entirely on the microscopic changes and was not suspected during life or from the gross findings at autopsy. The outstanding features of the case were inflammatory lesions of the lungs and spleen and the isolation of a pathogenic strain of monilia. The unusual lung lesions were found microscopically to be nodules of organizing pneumonia through which numerous large cells of the "Dorothy Reed" type were distributed, and which we interpreted...Reference1 FARAH N: Observations on Castellani's bronchomoniliasis, with report of a case with pneumonic onset and a peculiar clinical aspect, Jr. Trop. Med., 1923, xxvi, 1-5. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Pittsburgh, Pa.*From the William H. Singer Memorial Research Laboratory and the Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. Received for publication, September 18, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byClinical Examination and Investigation of the Heart 1 July 1932Volume 6, Issue 1Page: 72-81KeywordsCandidaCellsHodgkin lymphomaInfectious diseasesLesionsLungsPathogensPneumoniaResearch laboratoriesSpleen ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...