Thymic rebound hyperplasia post-chemotherapy mistaken as disease progression in a patient with lymphoma involving mediastinum: a case report and reflection

BACKGROUND: Chemotherapy can cause thymic atrophy and reduce T-cell output in cancer patients. However, the thymus in young adult patients has regenerative potential after chemotherapy, manifesting as thymic hyperplasia which can be easily mistaken as residual disease or recurrence in patients suffe...

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Autores principales: Qiu, Lei, Zhao, Yi, Yang, Yang, Huang, He, Cai, Zhen, He, Jingsong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7809830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33446156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-021-01048-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7809830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33446156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-021-01048-y

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