Dementia in a patient with Thymoma and hypogammaglobulinaemia (Good's syndrome)
| Autor: | Florbela Maria Grilo Dias, Nelson Jesus, José Júlio Moura, Patrícia Margarida Serra Carvalho, Elsa Gaspar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Medicine(all)
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Thymoma S syndrome business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Frequent opportunistic infections Case Report General Medicine medicine.disease Thymectomy Immunodeficiency Syndrome medicine Dementia Secondary dementia T-Cell Immunodeficiency business |
| Zdroj: | Cases Journal |
| ISSN: | 1757-1626 |
| Popis: | Good's syndrome is extremely rare and refers to an acquired B and T cell immunodeficiency in thymoma patients. The authors of this article present a case report of a 75-year-old, caucasian male patient previously subjected to examinations for secondary dementia and recurrent infections, which revealed paraneoplastic syndrome arose from thymoma. He underwent thymectomy, while his immunodeficiency syndrome sustained with frequent opportunistic infections, constantly requiring intravenous immunoglobulin treatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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