Rebound thymic hyperplasia in a child with cancer

Med Pediatr Oncol. 1984;12(2):144-7. doi: 10.1002/mpo.2950120217.

Abstract

A case of biopsy-proven thymic hyperplasia is described in a child with group I paratesticular rhabdosarcoma while on chemotherapy. Other cases of children with cancer reported with this phenomenon are reviewed. Tissue diagnosis is important to differentiate metastatic tumor and to rule out second malignancies in these patients. The initial evaluations are facilitated by CT scanning of the chest and upper extremity venography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia / complications
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / complications*
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / therapy
  • Testicular Neoplasms / complications*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / therapy
  • Thymus Gland / diagnostic imaging
  • Thymus Gland / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed