OSTEONECROSIS FOLLOWING TREATMENT FOR HODGKINS-DISEASE

Osteonecrosis is usually considered to be a minor and rare late sequel ae of treatment for Hodgkin's Disease (HD). However, over ten years si x patients out of a total of 53 patients treated for HD at the haemato logy department of a district general hospital developed osteonecrosis , an incidence of 11.3%. Routine isotope bone scanning of patients pro duced two further asymptomatic cases. These results suggest a higher i ncidence than previously suspected of a problem which caused our patie nts considerable morbidity. Further measures are required to identify and adequately treat a significant cause of late morbidity following c hemotherapy for HD.