Three cases of Hodgkins Disease in one family are described. The index case presented with pyrexia of unknown origin and the diagnosis of Hodgkins Disease was made at post mortem. Two other members of the family had died of a similar cause many years previously. Triple occurrence of Hodgkin's Disease within one family is very uncommon as is a long time interval between cases.
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