Hodgkin's disease following thorium dioxide angiography

Gotlieb, A.I.; Kirk, M.E.; Hutchison, J.L.

Canadian Medical Association Journal 115(5): 433-434

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0008-4409
PMID: 953918
Document Number: 101294
Hodgkin's disease occurred in a 53-year-old man who, 25 years previously, had undergone cerebral angiography, for which thorium dioxide suspension (Thorotrast) was used. Deposits of throium dioxide were noted in reticuloendothelial cells in various locations. An association between thorium dioxide administration and the subsequent development of malignant tumours and neoplastic hematologic disorders has previously been reported.

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