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To the Editor: It has been suggested that nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin's disease and T-cell–rich B-cell lymphoma are closely related entities.¹ Indeed, the lymphocytic and histiocytic (L&H) cells in nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin's disease and the large cells in T-cell–rich B-cell lymphoma both originate from germinal-center B cells.^2,3,4 We describe a patient in whom T-cell–rich B-cell lymphoma and nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin's disease were present at the same time, but in lymph nodes at different sites.

A 39-year-old man was admitted because of axillary and femoral lymphadenopathy and night sweats. Although he had a 10-year history of inguinal lymphadenopathy, he had only lately . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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