TY - JOUR
T1 - Recurrent pneumonia post-thymectomy as a manifestation of Good syndrome
AU - Leibovitz, Ilan
AU - Zamir, Doron
AU - Polychuck, Ilia
AU - Reitblat, Tatiana
AU - Gheorghiu, David
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - A 78-year-old woman presented with right lobar pneumonia. Six months before, the patient had undergone surgery due to a large mass that was found to be spindle cell thymoma. During the past 6 months, the patient had been admitted to the hospital several times with recurrent pneumonia in both lungs; this was treated successfully with antibiotics. Laboratory examinations revealed lymphopenia, eosinopenia, hypogammaglobulinemia, and a low count of CD4 T cells and an inverted CD4:CD8 T cell ratio, both on peripheral blood and bone marrow. History and laboratory findings were compatible with the diagnosis of the rare Good syndrome. This syndrome is discussed here.
AB - A 78-year-old woman presented with right lobar pneumonia. Six months before, the patient had undergone surgery due to a large mass that was found to be spindle cell thymoma. During the past 6 months, the patient had been admitted to the hospital several times with recurrent pneumonia in both lungs; this was treated successfully with antibiotics. Laboratory examinations revealed lymphopenia, eosinopenia, hypogammaglobulinemia, and a low count of CD4 T cells and an inverted CD4:CD8 T cell ratio, both on peripheral blood and bone marrow. History and laboratory findings were compatible with the diagnosis of the rare Good syndrome. This syndrome is discussed here.
KW - Good syndrome
KW - Hypogammaglobulinemia
KW - Thymoma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037302442&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0953-6205(02)00209-1
DO - 10.1016/S0953-6205(02)00209-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037302442
SN - 0953-6205
VL - 14
SP - 60
EP - 62
JO - European Journal of Internal Medicine
JF - European Journal of Internal Medicine
IS - 1
ER -
