Thymoma With Pure Red Cell Aplasia and Good's Syndrome

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 91; no. 5; pp. 1620 - 1622
• Main Authors: Chen, Jun, Yang, Yongbo, Zhu, Daxing, Chen, Gang, Wei, Sen, Qiu, Xiaoming, Zhou, Qinghua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agammaglobulinemia - complications; Agammaglobulinemia - diagnosis; Aged; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Biopsy, Needle; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis; Medical sciences; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Neoplasm Staging; Pneumology; Rare Diseases; Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure - complications; Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure - diagnosis; Risk Assessment; Surgery; Syndrome; Thymectomy - methods; Thymoma - complications; Thymoma - diagnosis; Thymoma - surgery; Thymus Neoplasms - complications; Thymus Neoplasms - diagnosis; Thymus Neoplasms - surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum; 13; Thymoma; Mediastinum disease; Aplastic anemia; Hemopathy; Malignant tumor; Syndrome; Erythroblast; Thymus pathology; Anesthesia; Thymic epithelial tumor; Benign neoplasm; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Cancer; Pure red cell aplasia
• ISSN: 0003-4975; 1552-6259; 1552-6259
• DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.10.010

Thymoma patients with pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) or hypogammaglobulinemia (Good's syndrome) are rare, whereas those with both PRCA and Good's syndrome are even rarer. Here we present the case report of a 70-year-old woman with invasive thymoma and simultaneous PRCA and Good's syndrome, who achieved complete PRCA remission after thymectomy.