T-cell non-hodgkin's lymphoma after radiotherapy and chemotherapy for hodgkin's disease

A rapidly fatal T-cell lymphoma developed in a 25-year-old man who, over a period of seven years, had been treated with radiotherapy and combination chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease (HD). Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is increasingly being recognized as a late sequel of therapy for HD, but this is the first case in which NHL of T-cell type has been identified in such circumstances.