Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) mimicking neoplasms: A suspected mediastinal teratoma unmasking as thymic granulomas due to X-linked CGD, and 2 related cases

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 877-880

  Hauck, Fabian ^a   Heine, Sabine ^b   Beier, Rita ^b   Wieczorek, Kathrin ^b   Müller, Diane ^a   Hahn, Gabriele ^c   Gahr, Manfred ^a   Rösen Wolff, Angela ^a   Roesler, Joachim ^a,b  

^a Section of Immunology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD); Granuloma; Infiltrate; Lymphoma; Solid neoplasm; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; DIHYDRORHODAMINE 123; CYBB PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; RHODAMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND ABSCESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMIC GRANULOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; INFANT; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM CYST; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NADPH OXIDASE; RHODAMINES; TERATOMA; THYMUS GLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 59149090268     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31818ab153     Document Type: Article

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