Haematologica (Jan 2008)

An unusual hotspot in a young woman with Hodgkin’s lymphoma

  • C.H. ten Hove,
  • J.M. Zijlstra-Baalbergen,
  • E.F.I. Comans,
  • R.M. van Elburg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.11849
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 93, no. 1

Abstract

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A young woman has started cancer treatment because of a Hodgkin’s lymphoma. After four months of chemotherapy, a PET scan showed an unexplained hotspot in the right lower abdomen. This was later explained by an unsuspected pregnancy. Our case emphasizes the importance of a pregnancy test in all women in the reproductive age before starting cancer treatment.