Prognostic importance of pruritus in Hodgkin's disease. 1978

A S Feiner, and T Mahmood, and S F Wallner

In 1971 participants in the Ann Arbor Conference on Hodgkin's disease thought that pruritus had no independent prognostic importance. We reviewed our series of patients with Hodgkin's disease and found six patients in whom severe itching was a major clinical problem. When compared with similarly treated patients without pruritus, these patients appeared to have more-aggressive disease. Severe itching, alone or with B symptoms, needs further study, since it may presage a poor prognosis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D011537 Pruritus An intense itching sensation that produces the urge to rub or scratch the skin to obtain relief. Itching,Pruritis
D004359 Drug Therapy, Combination Therapy with two or more separate preparations given for a combined effect. Combination Chemotherapy,Polychemotherapy,Chemotherapy, Combination,Combination Drug Therapy,Drug Polytherapy,Therapy, Combination Drug,Chemotherapies, Combination,Combination Chemotherapies,Combination Drug Therapies,Drug Polytherapies,Drug Therapies, Combination,Polychemotherapies,Polytherapies, Drug,Polytherapy, Drug,Therapies, Combination Drug
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006689 Hodgkin Disease A malignant disease characterized by progressive enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and general lymphoid tissue. In the classical variant, giant usually multinucleate Hodgkin's and REED-STERNBERG CELLS are present; in the nodular lymphocyte predominant variant, lymphocytic and histiocytic cells are seen. Granuloma, Hodgkin,Granuloma, Malignant,Hodgkin Lymphoma,Lymphogranuloma, Malignant,Granuloma, Hodgkin's,Granuloma, Hodgkins,Hodgkin Lymphoma, Adult,Hodgkin's Disease,Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Hodgkins Disease,Lymphocyte Depletion Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Lymphocyte-Rich Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Mixed Cellularity Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Nodular Sclerosing Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma,Disease, Hodgkin,Disease, Hodgkin's,Disease, Hodgkins,Hodgkin Granuloma,Hodgkin's Granuloma,Hodgkins Granuloma,Hodgkins Lymphoma,Lymphocyte Rich Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma,Lymphogranulomas, Malignant,Lymphoma, Hodgkin,Lymphoma, Hodgkin's,Malignant Granuloma,Malignant Granulomas,Malignant Lymphogranuloma,Malignant Lymphogranulomas,Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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