BMC Cancer 2005, 5:109 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/5/109 dFHiia&ggEunrosetsaisi1noefdHseocdtgioknins doifs elyamseph node (fig.1) and skin (fig.2) excision in which the diagnostic Reed-Sternberg cell support the H&E stained sections of lymph node (fig.1) and skin (fig.2) excision in which the diagnostic Reed-Sternberg cell support the diagnosis of Hodgkin disease. are consistent with a rare presentation of HD as EBV-neg- ative PTLD. Surveillance for PTLD should be considered also in patients affected by solid malignancies receiving autologous HSCT. Competing interests The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests. Authors' contributions AZ and DL equally contributed to the elaboration of the manuscript, FB performed the virological analyses, GADP performed the revision of the manuscript as responsible of the transplantation program, MS, LV performed the pathological analyses Page 3 of 5 (page number not for citation purposes)