[Hodgkin's disease and idiopathic cardiomyopathy (author's transl)]

The authors report the case of a 36 years old man who has been successfully treated, ten years ago, with radiation therapy for stage II Hodgkin's disease, with sub-diaphragmatic involvement. The clinical course was unhappily marked by the development of progressive congestive heart failure which was related to an "idiopathic cardiomyopathy" anatomically confirmed. A literature review does not permit to find such another case. It was not possible to conclude if this association was fortuitous or not. But if could be compared to the increased risk of post-transplant lymphomas in patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy.