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Abstract
Case Report
A case of Good syndrome diagnosed upon treatment of pneumonia accompanied by hypogammaglobulinemia
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Minaminagano Medical Center, Shinonoi General Hospital
ABSTRACT
The patient was an 82-year-old female in whom an anterior mediastinal mass had been pointed out one year and five months earlier. The patient visited our hospital for the chief complaints of fever and coughing. She was diagnosed with influenza A and pneumococcal pneumonia and treated with anti-influenza and antimicrobial drugs, but fever persisted and the respiratory condition did not improve. Hypogammaglobulinemia was observed after several days, immunoglobulin was additionally administered, and the infections improved. A CT-guided needle biopsy of the anterior mediastinal tumor was performed at a later date. The pathological finding was thymoma, and the patient was diagnosed with Good syndrome. We report the case of this rare disease, which was diagnosed upon the treatment of pneumonia.
KEYWORDS
Good syndrome Thymoma Hypogammaglobulinemia
Received 15 Dec 2016 ／ Accepted 22 May 2017
AJRS, 6(5): 355-358, 2017
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