Pulmonary ventilation was monitored in a group of 102 patients with Hodgkin's disease. In the initial finding a tendency of a restrictive disorder is apparent (43% of the patients) with the increasing size of the mediastinal tumour (79% mediastinal patients with a bulky finding in 40%), without statistical significance. After treatment a restrictive disorder was recorded in 35% of the patients with a normal initial finding and conversely normalization of results occurred in 12% patients with a pathological result of the spirometric examination. After a one-year interval the finding deteriorated in 12 % of the patients without post-treatment disorders of pulmonary ventilation and in 15% the assessed disorder receded. Statistical analysis did not reveal a significant relationship between the results of spirometry and bleomycin treatment. 77 patients were examined after an interval of 2, 3, 4 and more years following termination of primary treatment without a significant correlation of the development of the a restrictive disorder and bleomycin administration. Pulmonary ventilation after treatment was examined in a total of 228 patients with the finding of restrictive changes in 94 (41%). Pulmonary fibrosis was diagnosed in 21 patients (9%) with a rising incidence two years after terminated treatment.

Keywords: Adult; Hodgkin Disease /therapy/; Humans; Lung Diseases /diagnosis/; Mediastinal Neoplasms /therapy/; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Fibrosis /etiology/; Respiratory Mechanics; Spirometry