[Primary intestinal involvement in Hodgkin's disease]

The authors report two cases of primary intestinal involvement in Hodgkin's disease, the first concerning the duodenum and the second the ileum. Both patients had a stenotic syndrome. The diagnosis was made by tumor histology in the first case and of a regional lymph node in the second. Treatment involved a course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the first case and surgical excision and chemotherapy in the second.