HODGKIN'S LYMPHOGRANULOMA (RECTAL STRICTURE); REPORT OF A CASE
Authors: Manuel G. Spiesman, Hyman I. Rubenstein
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Case Reports1 August 1942HODGKIN'S LYMPHOGRANULOMA (RECTAL STRICTURE); REPORT OF A CASEMANUEL G. SPIESMAN, M.D., HYMAN I. RUBENSTEIN, M.D.MANUEL G. SPIESMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HYMAN I. RUBENSTEIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-2-349 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHISTORICALPrevious to Schlagenhaufer's report of a primary case of Hodgkin's disease of the gastrointestinal tract in 1913 it was a generally accepted rule that the gastrointestinal tract was immune to this disease. Today the literature on this subject and our personal experience make it possible for us to assume that some cases grossly diagnosed as gastric carcinoma, gastric ulcer, enterocolitis, tuberculosis, lymphosarcoma, obstruction of the colon, and carcinoma and syphilis of the rectum may have been intestinal or rectal Hodgkin's disease.Even though primary and secondary gastrointestinal Hodgkin's disease is definitely known to exist, the meager literature emphasizes the...Bibliography1. CRAVER LF: Local and general irradiation in Hodgkin's disease, Radiology, 1938, xxxi, 42-47. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. DAVID VC: Pseudo-carcinoma of stomach resembling carcinoma, Ann. Surg., 1928, lxxxvii, 555-565. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. GOLDFARB SJ: Hodgkin's disease of the gastrointestinal tract, Mt. Sinai Hosp. Bull., 1937, iv, 298-303. Google Scholar4. GALLANTDE VINALS MPR: Lymphogranuloma de Hodgkins rectale de forme tumorale, Arch. d. mal. app. digest., 1938, xxviii, 67-73. Google Scholar5. HOLMESDRESSERCAMP GWRJD: Lymphoblastoma; its gastric manifestations, with special reference to roentgen findings, Radiology, 1926, vii, 44-50. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. LUBARSCH O: Ueber Lymphogranulomatose, Berl. klin. Wchnschr., 1918, lv, 708-710. Google Scholar7. NEIMAN B: Personal communication (Former Pathologist Cook County Hospital, Chicago). Google Scholar8. RUGGLESSTONE HERS: Lymphoblastoma involving stomach, roentgenologically considered, California and West Med., 1930, xxxiii, 486-490. Google Scholar9. SINGER HA: Primary, isolated lymphogranulomatosis of the stomach, Arch. Surg., 1931, xxii, 1001-1017. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SUSSIG L: Intestinal type of lymphogranulomatosis, Med. Klin., 1924, xx, 415-416. Google Scholar11. SCHLAGENHAUFER F: Ueber Granulomatosis des Magendarmtrakts, Zentralbl. f. path. Anat., 1913, xxiv, 965-966. Google Scholar12. SHERMAN ED: Gastrointestinal manifestations of lymphogranulomatosis (Hodgkin's disease), Arch. Int. Med., 1938, lxi, 60-82. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. SPIESMAN MG: Lymphogranuloma inguinale, rectal stricture and prestricture, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis. and Nutrition, 1937, iii, 931-936. Google Scholar14. SYMMERS D: Certain unusual lesions of the lymphatic apparatus, Arch. Int Med., 1909, iv, 218-237. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. TERPLAN K: Ueber die intestinale Form der Lymphogranulomatose, Virchow's Arch. f. path. Anat., 1922, ccxxxvii, 241-264. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. WELLSMAVER HGMB: Pseudoleukaemia gastrointestinalis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1904, cxxviii, 837-855. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication December 3, 1940.From the Department of Proctology of the Surgical Service of the Mt. Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Ill. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 August 1942Volume 17, Issue 2Page: 349-358KeywordsColonEnterocolitisGastric ulcersGastrointestinal tractHodgkin lymphomaRectumSyphilis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...