Thyroid carcinoma induced by irradiation for Hodgkin's disease. Report of a case

In a 22-year-old male, who had been irradiated 16 years previously for Hodgkin's disease, a radiation-induced thyroid carcinoma developed. This was the only case with such development in a group of 207 cases with Hodgkin's disease who were treated by irradiation including the thyroid gland.