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Gallium‐avid thymic hyperplasia in an adult after chemotherapy for hodgkin disease
Author(s) -
Small Eric J.,
Venook Alan P.,
Damon Lloyd E.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19930801)72:3<905::aid-cncr2820720340>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - medicine , chemotherapy , hyperplasia , disease , mediastinal mass , gallium 67 scan , pathology , radiology , surgery
This article presents the case of a 22‐year‐old patient with treated Hodgkin disease (HD) who had mediastinal widening on computed tomography scan after chemotherapy. This mass was gallium avid. These findings were explained by histologically documented benign thymic hyperplasia, the first such case reported in an adult with HD, to the knowledge of the authors. The literature on thymic hyperplasia after chemotherapy is reviewed.