In:
Journal of General and Family Medicine, Wiley, Vol. 17, No. 3 ( 2016-09), p. 238-243
Kurzfassung:
A 70‐year‐old Japanese woman was referred to our hospital with productive cough and recurrent respiratory infections. She underwent a thymectomy nine years previously for a thymoma. Based on a three‐year history of repeated respiratory infections and the presence of hypogammaglobulinemia, a diagnosis of Good syndrome was made. We reviewed forty‐six reported Japanese Good syndrome cases. The most commonly infected sites were the lungs, blood, and digestive tracts. Cases with preceding thymoma required a median time of three years (25th and 75th percentile: 1 and 7 years) until hypogammaglobulinemia emerged. The present case showed that Good syndrome should be considered even after a long time period following thymectomy.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
2189-7948
,
2189-7948
DOI:
10.14442/jgfm.17.3_238
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Wiley
Publikationsdatum:
2016
ZDB Id:
2886539-X