We report a case of simultaneous occurrence of Hodgkin's lymphoma and Kaposi's sarcoma within the same lymph nodes of a 61-year-old woman without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was detected in the Hodgkin cells and Reed-Sternberg cells by EBV LMP-1 immunostaining and Epstein-Barr virus encoded early RNA (EBER) in situ hybridization. In contrast, Kaposi's sarcoma cells were positive for human herpes virus 8. This case is documented because the occurrence of 2 independent tumors infected by 2 unrelated viruses within the same lymph nodes of a patient without HIV infection has rarely been observed.
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