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Postoperative Recurrence of Invasive Thymoma with Cold Agglutinin Disease and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia.

Authors :
Yoneda T
Koba H
Tanimura K
Ogawa N
Watanabe S
Hara J
Abo M
Sone T
Kimura H
Kasahara K
Source :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Intern Med] 2016; Vol. 55 (18), pp. 2685-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Sep 15.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

A 50-year-old man presented to our hospital in 1995. Invasive thymoma was diagnosed and extended thymectomy and left upper lobe partial resection were performed. In 2013, he complained of dyspnea. Chest computed tomography showed postoperative recurrence of invasive thymoma. Several chemotherapies were administered. Severe anemia and an increase in the total bilirubin level were observed with chemotherapies. In additional, an examination showed that the direct Coombs test was positive. Cold agglutinin was also high. We herein experienced a rare case of postoperative recurrence of invasive thymoma with cold agglutinin disease and autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1349-7235
Volume :
55
Issue :
18
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
27629968
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6654