[Course of lymphogranulomatosis with primary location below the diaphragm].

Some peculiarities in a course of stage I-II Hodgkin's disease with a primary site below the diaphragm are analyzed. This site is more common in men and in a mixed cell histological variant of lymphogranuloma. The frequency of recurrence is higher in this group than in patients with a primary site above the diaphragm. Recurrences affect more frequently the lymphatic areas above the diaphragm. The data obtained suggest the necessity of irradiation of the lymphatic collectors on both sides of the diaphragm in a primary site below the diaphragm, particularly in patients with "mixed cell" and "lymphoid depletion" histological variants of lymphogranuloma.