Thymoma With Pancytopenia: A Case Report and Review of The Literature
Although the most common hematological disturbance in thymoma is pure red cell aplasia, pancytopenia is a very rare paraneoplastic syndrome in this disorder. We only found one case in literature reviews.We report a 36 year old female with an anterior mediastinal mass and severe pancytopenia. With a...
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| author | A. Alavi T. Fakheri S. Hoda H. Amani M. Aghajanzadeh F. Moghadam Manesh |
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| description | Although the most common hematological disturbance in thymoma is pure red cell aplasia, pancytopenia is a very rare paraneoplastic syndrome in this disorder. We only found one case in literature reviews.We report a 36 year old female with an anterior mediastinal mass and severe pancytopenia. With a mediastinotomy incision, biopsy of the tumor was obtained.The report of the pathologist was thymoma of predominant epithelial type. After a median sternotomy, there was complete resection of the tumor with removal of two segments of the right upper lobe and the involved pericardium (stage 3 of Thymoma). Unfortunately, after complete resection of the tumor there was no improvement in the pancytopenia. The patient died because of sepsis about 33 days after operation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6a1cf602c0f94cb5b75a68008e10457f2022-12-22T00:02:20ZengIran University of Medical SciencesMedical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran1016-14302251-68402007-08-01212115118Thymoma With Pancytopenia: A Case Report and Review of The LiteratureA. AlaviT. FakheriS. HodaH. AmaniM. AghajanzadehF. Moghadam ManeshAlthough the most common hematological disturbance in thymoma is pure red cell aplasia, pancytopenia is a very rare paraneoplastic syndrome in this disorder. We only found one case in literature reviews.We report a 36 year old female with an anterior mediastinal mass and severe pancytopenia. With a mediastinotomy incision, biopsy of the tumor was obtained.The report of the pathologist was thymoma of predominant epithelial type. After a median sternotomy, there was complete resection of the tumor with removal of two segments of the right upper lobe and the involved pericardium (stage 3 of Thymoma). Unfortunately, after complete resection of the tumor there was no improvement in the pancytopenia. The patient died because of sepsis about 33 days after operation.http://mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-172&slc_lang=en&sid=1ThymomaPancytopeniaRed-Cell AplasiaThymectomy |
| spellingShingle | A. Alavi T. Fakheri S. Hoda H. Amani M. Aghajanzadeh F. Moghadam Manesh Thymoma With Pancytopenia: A Case Report and Review of The Literature Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran Thymoma Pancytopenia Red-Cell Aplasia Thymectomy |
| title | Thymoma With Pancytopenia: A Case Report and Review of The Literature |
| title_full | Thymoma With Pancytopenia: A Case Report and Review of The Literature |
| title_fullStr | Thymoma With Pancytopenia: A Case Report and Review of The Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thymoma With Pancytopenia: A Case Report and Review of The Literature |
| title_short | Thymoma With Pancytopenia: A Case Report and Review of The Literature |
| title_sort | thymoma with pancytopenia a case report and review of the literature |
| topic | Thymoma Pancytopenia Red-Cell Aplasia Thymectomy |
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