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J. J. RUPP, M.D.; J. J. MORAN, M.D.; J. R. GRIFFITH, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1962;110(3):386-388.

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The occurrence of lesions in the thyroid gland of patients dying from lymphoblastoma is rather high, being about 17%.¹ However, the frequency of thyroid envolvement was less, about 7%, when the patients had Hodgkin's disease. In most instances the changes in the thyroid gland produce neither enlargement nor functional changes. Thyroid enlargement as a presenting sign has been reported in rare cases of lymphosarcoma,^2,3 or reticulum-cell sarcoma,⁴ but goiter as an initial manifestation of Hodgkin's disease is most unusual, one case having been reported since 1938.⁵ In view of the infrequent occurrence of significant thyroid enlargement as an initial symptom of this disease we thought it worthwhile to report the case of a patient with Hodgkin's disease who presented a clinical picture simulating acute thyroiditis.

Report of Case

A male patient, age 64, was in good health until 3 weeks prior to his admission to the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PHILADELPHIA

From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Jefferson Medical College.; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Dr. Rupp); Assistant Professor of Pathology (Dr. Moran); Associate in Clinical Medicine (Dr. Griffith).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 21, 1962, accepted for publication April 6, 1962.

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