[Cardiac localization of Hodgkin's disease (author's transl)].

Two cases of specific cardiac affection during the course of Hodgkin's disease, of which one involved all three layers, illustrate the diagnostic difficulties in such cases. These are related to the latency period before clinical manifestations appear and the more frequent possibility of iatrogenic affection, especially during treatment with adriamycin and/or radiotherapy. Surgical biopsy of the pericardium is essential for establishing the diagnosis and prescribing treatment, the results of which are often satisfactory.