Thymoma and progressive T-cell lymphocytosis.
Peripheral T-cell lymphocytosis is a condition rarely associated with malignant thymomas. When this occurs, a differential diagnosis should be carried out between ‘lymphocyte spillover’ from the thymus into the peripheral blood and an associated T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia [1]. The etiology...
| Autores: | , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2007 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) |
| Repositorio: | RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riull.ull.es:915/40033 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/40033 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Thymoma T-cell lymphocytosis |
| Sumario: | Peripheral T-cell lymphocytosis is a condition rarely associated with malignant thymomas. When this occurs, a differential diagnosis should be carried out between ‘lymphocyte spillover’ from the thymus into the peripheral blood and an associated T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia [1]. The etiology of this phenomenon is uncertain and may reflect the perturbation of systemic immunoregulation that accompanies some thymic neoplasia [2]. We describe a new case of a metastastic lymphocyte-rich thymoma and T-cell lymphocytosis not responding to antitumour therapy. |
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