Enfermedad de Hodgkin: recaída tras 16 años de remisión continuada / Hodgkin's disease: relapse after 16 years of continous remission

ABSTRACT

We report a boy in whom an advanced Hodgkin's disease, nodular sclerosis variety was diagnosed at 5 yeras of age and treated with exclusive chemotherapy. After 16 years of remission, he presented with a relapsed of the disease with a different histological pattern and was subjected to chemotherapy (C-MOPP/AVB) and unilateral axillary irradiation, obtaining a complete remission of the disease. Four months later, the patients is asymptomatic and without evidences of relapse