Gallium-avid thymic hyperplasia in an adult after chemotherapy for Hodgkin disease

Cancer. 1993 Aug 1;72(3):905-8. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19930801)72:3<905::aid-cncr2820720340>3.0.co;2-2.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Hodgkin Disease / complications
  • Hodgkin Disease / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Thymus Gland / pathology
  • Thymus Hyperplasia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thymus Hyperplasia / etiology
  • Thymus Hyperplasia / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Gallium Radioisotopes