INVASIVE THYMOMA WITH CD4-POSITIVE T-CELL LYMPHOCYTOSIS(CD8+ DOUBLE)

Authors
TAMAOKI J CHIYOTANI A NAGAI A KONNO K
Citation
J. Tamaoki et al., INVASIVE THYMOMA WITH CD4-POSITIVE T-CELL LYMPHOCYTOSIS(CD8+ DOUBLE), Respiration, 64(2), 1997, pp. 176-178
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Respiration → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257931
Volume
64
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
176 - 178
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7931(1997)64:2<176:ITWCTL>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Lymphocytosis in the peripheral blood is a very rare manifestation of thymoma. A 45-year-old man presented with a giant mediastinal mass inv olving pleural dissemination and peripheral T cell lymphocytosis, Biop sy of the mediastinal mass revealed invasive thymoma, and two-color an alysis of peripheral lymphocytes showed a marked increase in CD4+CC8double-positive cells. Both thymoma and lymphocytosis were improved by a combination of chemotherapy and mediastinal irradiation.