Febrile cholestatic jaundice as an initial manifestation of Hodgkin's disease

The febrile cholestatic disease as a presentation of Hodgkin's lymphoma is a very unusual condition. We describe here the case of a patient with prolonged fever of unknown origin and progressive jaundice, in whom the diagnosis was made with the analysis of a liver biopsy, given the absence of l...

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Published inMedicina (Buenos Aires) Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 60 - 61
Main Authors Schindler, Max, Kreplak, Nicolás, Acevedo, Lucía, Damis, Héctor, Márquez, Guillermo, Ardaiz, María Del Carmen
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Argentina 2014
Subjects
Biopsy
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fever - etiology
Hodgkin Disease - complications
Humans
Jaundice, Obstructive - etiology
Liver - pathology
Middle Aged
Hodgkin disease
fever
jaundice
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Summary:The febrile cholestatic disease as a presentation of Hodgkin's lymphoma is a very unusual condition. We describe here the case of a patient with prolonged fever of unknown origin and progressive jaundice, in whom the diagnosis was made with the analysis of a liver biopsy, given the absence of lymph node involvement that characterizes this disease. We remark the severe and multisystemic involvement of this rapidly progressive disease.
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ISSN:0025-7680