*Corresponding author:
Wilson IB Onuigbo, Departments of Pathology University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu 400001, NigeriaReceived: September 24, 2018; Published: September 27, 2018
DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.09.001794
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A combined group of doctors working in different hospitals speculated that Hodgkin’s disease is initiated by two events in fetal life. On the whole, pregnancy related factors, such as intra-uterine infection and factors associated with preterm labor, may be involved in lymphoma pathogenesis. Therefore, a Nigerian case is deemed to be reportable because the lesions, which appeared at birth, continued till the age of 1 year when the diagnosis was confirmed following surgical biopsy.
Keywords: Pregnancy; Child Birth; Lymphoma at Birth; Case Report
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