Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
Thymic hyperplasia is usually associated with the treatment of malignant tumours and is sometimes linked with endocrine diseases. For the first time, we report a case of thymic hyperplasia in a patient 2 years after bilateral lung transplantation. Contrast-enhanced chest CT scan was highly suspiciou...
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| author | Christina Maria Steger Severin Semsroth Thomas Hager Ralf Rieker Ludwig Müller |
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| description | Thymic hyperplasia is usually associated with the treatment of malignant tumours and is sometimes linked with endocrine diseases. For the first time, we report a case of thymic hyperplasia in a patient 2 years after bilateral lung transplantation. Contrast-enhanced chest CT scan was highly suspicious for a posttransplant lymphoma or thymoma. Therefore, the patient received total thymectomy. Excised specimens were sent to the Department of Pathology. Unexpectedly, the histological examination revealed hyperplastic thymic tissue without evidence for a posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder or malignancy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-04e5f134c2934e78bb4e780e7f7ee23e2025-02-03T06:07:21ZengWileyCase Reports in Transplantation2090-69432090-69512011-01-01201110.1155/2011/859405859405Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative DisorderChristina Maria Steger0Severin Semsroth1Thomas Hager2Ralf Rieker3Ludwig Müller4Department of Pathology, Innsbruck Medical University, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaDepartment of Pathology, Innsbruck Medical University, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaDepartment of Pathology, University of Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaThymic hyperplasia is usually associated with the treatment of malignant tumours and is sometimes linked with endocrine diseases. For the first time, we report a case of thymic hyperplasia in a patient 2 years after bilateral lung transplantation. Contrast-enhanced chest CT scan was highly suspicious for a posttransplant lymphoma or thymoma. Therefore, the patient received total thymectomy. Excised specimens were sent to the Department of Pathology. Unexpectedly, the histological examination revealed hyperplastic thymic tissue without evidence for a posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder or malignancy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/859405 |
| spellingShingle | Christina Maria Steger Severin Semsroth Thomas Hager Ralf Rieker Ludwig Müller Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder Case Reports in Transplantation |
| title | Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder |
| title_full | Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder |
| title_fullStr | Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder |
| title_short | Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder |
| title_sort | thymic hyperplasia after lung transplantation imitating posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/859405 |
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