Concomitant Mycobacterium avium infection and Hodgkin's disease in a lymph node from an HIV-negative child

Yaxsier de Armas; Virginia Capó; Ida González; Lilian Mederos; Raúl Díaz; Jacobus H de Waard; Alberto Rodríguez; Yarmila García; Ricardo Cabanas

doi:10.1007/s12253-010-9275-5

Concomitant Mycobacterium avium infection and Hodgkin's disease in a lymph node from an HIV-negative child

Pathol Oncol Res. 2011 Mar;17(1):139-40. doi: 10.1007/s12253-010-9275-5. Epub 2010 May 14.

Authors

Yaxsier de Armas¹, Virginia Capó, Ida González, Lilian Mederos, Raúl Díaz, Jacobus H de Waard, Alberto Rodríguez, Yarmila García, Ricardo Cabanas

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí (IPK), Havana City, Cuba. Yaxsier@ipk.sld.cu

PMID: 20467849
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-010-9275-5

Abstract

We report a case of an immunocompetent child with simultaneously an infection with Mycobacterium avium and Hodgkin's disease in a cervical lymph node. A positive PCR result for M. avium on a biopsy of the lymph node directed the definitive diagnosis for both etiologies and avoided a possible dissemination of this infection after chemotherapy was started.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
Combined Modality Therapy
Female
HIV Seropositivity
Hodgkin Disease / complications*
Hodgkin Disease / pathology
Hodgkin Disease / therapy
Humans
Lymph Nodes / microbiology*
Lymph Nodes / pathology*
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / complications*
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / pathology
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / therapy
Radiotherapy

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents
Antitubercular Agents