Syncytial variant of nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease. A new clinicopathologic entity.

The clinicopathologic and histopathologic features of an unusual morphologic variant of nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's Disease (HD) termed the syncytial variant has been reported recently. We report eight new cases with this unique morphology, identified by reviewing the histopathology of 58 patients with nodular sclerosing HD treated in our institute between 1982 and 1988. The clinicopathologic and histopathologic data of these cases are reported and we emphasize this new entity and the difficulties encountered in the morphologic diagnosis.

Intestinal obstruction caused by bezoar: a rare complication after bone marrow transplantation.

Gastrointestinal complications are described frequently after preparation of patients for bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Two patients who underwent BMT developed complications due to gastrointestinal bezoars. One patient developed intestinal obstruction, which necessitated emergency surgery, and the other patient had a gastric bezoar, which caused vomiting.