PERIPHERAL T-CELL LYMPHOMA ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE-MYELOMA

We report on a 63-year-old febrile woman who was diagnosed as having H odgkin's disease (HD), after laparotomy. About one and half years late r, while on a second line therapy for HD, the patient developed superf icial diffuse adenomegaly. At that time, an M component was detected i n the serum; bone marrow aspirate and biopsy were consistent with mult iple myeloma (MM). An axillary lymphnode biopsy was performed and reve aled a peripheral T cell lymphoma (PTCL). On reviewing previous sample s the earlier diagnosis of HD was rejected and a diagnosis of PTCL was postulated. The clinical course of the patient was rapidly down-hill; she died soon after hospital admission.