Myelodysplasia followed by Good's Syndrome: A unique manifestation associated with thymoma

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 236-240

  Chen, Ling Ping ^a,b   Tsai, Jui Shan ^a,b   Lai, Wei Ming ^a,b   Yen, Ling Jung ^a,b   Yu, Ming Sun ^a,b   Lin, Shyh Jer ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Good's syndrome; Immunodeficiency; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD19 ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; CARBUNCLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FURUNCULOSIS; GOOD SYNDROME; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; INCISION; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUTROPHIL; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PYELONEPHRITIS; REFRACTORY CYTOPENIA WITH MULTILINEAGE DYSPLASIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; THYMOMA;

EID: 84862779761     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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