Acute lymphocytic leukaemia complicating the course of hodgkin's disease-a case report  of a kenyan african and review of the literature

dc.contributor.author	Kitonyi Grace W.
dc.contributor.author	Kasili Edward George.
dc.contributor.author	Njai DM.
dc.contributor.author	Onyango JN.
dc.contributor.author	Kamidigo NO.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-27T12:23:35Z
dc.date.issued	1979-10
dc.identifier.citation	East African Medical Journal Vol. 56 No.10 October 1979	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/12084
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/293259
dc.description.abstract	This is a case report of a 12-year-old male who developed acute lymphocytic leukaemia (ALL) 8 years after a diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease (HD) had been made. During the 8 years, intensive radiotherapy and a single dose of cyclo¬phosphamide was given as treatment for HD. Review of the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) cancer registry records reveals that this is one of 498 patients diagnosed histologically as HD in 13 years, between 1965 and 1977, and therefore represents 0.2%. Although the aetiology of leukaemia occurring in the course of Hodgkin's disease is largely unknown, there is increasing evidence that prolonged patient survival, following improved therapy, may have an important role in leu kaem 0- genesis.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.title	Acute lymphocytic leukaemia complicating the course of hodgkin's disease-a case report of a kenyan african and review of the literature	en
dc.type	Article	en