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. 1972 Aug;26(4):331–334. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1972.44

Post-mortem Findings in Ugandans with Hodgkin's Disease

R Dhru, A C Templeton
PMCID: PMC2008651  PMID: 4538468

Abstract

The necropsy findings in 36 Ugandan patients with Hodgkin's disease are presented. One third of the patients were under the age of 20 years. Most cases showed a lymphocyte depleted tumour pattern. Infective complications were extremely unusual, probably because of the short survival time. Treated patients showed a slightly higher incidence of infective disease than those untreated. Death was a result of widespread tumour which usually showed involvement of many lymph nodes and the liver and spleen.

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