Prognostic Importance of Pruritus in Hodgkin's Disease
1978; American Medical Association; Volume: 240; Issue: 25 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/jama.1978.03290250042025
ISSN1538-3598
Autores Tópico(s)Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
ResumoIn 1971 participants in the Ann Arbor Conference on Hodgkin's disease thought that pruritus had no independent prognostic importance. We reviewed our series of patients with Hodgkin's disease and found six patients in whom severe itching was a major clinical problem. When compared with similarly treated patients without pruritus, these patients appeared to have more-aggressive disease. Severe itching, alone or with B symptoms, needs further study, since it may presage a poor prognosis. ( JAMA 240:2738-2740, 1978)
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