Good's syndrome presenting with cytomegalovirus pneumonia

Citation
S. Ide et al., Good's syndrome presenting with cytomegalovirus pneumonia, INTERN MED, 39(12), 2000, pp. 1094-1096
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
INTERNAL MEDICINE
ISSN journal
09182918 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1094 - 1096
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(200012)39:12<1094:GSPWCP>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A 61-year-old woman who had undergone an operation for thymoma 17 years pre viously suddenly became dyspneic and showed bilateral pulmonary infiltrates on a chest radiograph. In the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cells contained characteristic cytomegalic inclusion bodies, as well as cytomegalovirus DN A demonstrated by a polymerase chain reaction. Immunological findings inclu ded hypogammaglobulinemia, deficient numbers of circulating B cells, and im paired blast transformation of peripheral blood T cells in response to mito gens in vitro. Considering all of the findings, the patient was diagnosed w ith Good's syndrome presenting with cytomegalovirus pneumonia.