[Hodgkin's disease with concurrent infection of toxoplasmosis]

Hodgkin's disease (HD) is a specific type of malignant lymphoma characteristic of local and general lymphadenectasis. Aquired toxoplasmosis (AT) is one kind of lymphoadenopathy without fever and fatigue. When the two diseases coexist, clinical and pathological misdiagnosis may be made. This is the first male case of toxoplasmosis and Hodgkin's disease in China, diagnosed by surgical removal of the major part of the cervical and supraclavicular masses, detection of blood anti-toxoplasma gondii antibody, PCR analysis of toxoplasma gondii DNA, and pathological, ultrastructural and immunohistochemical studies of the tumour tissues. The patient treated by radiation and chemotherapy was abated.