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Thymoma and chronic myelogenous leukemia.A case report
- Source :
- Cancer. 38:1414-1419
- Publication Year :
- 1976
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1976.
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Abstract
- A case of epithelial thymoma occurring synchronously with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia and urinary bladder carcinoma in a 76-year-old man is described. Thymomas have been associated with numberous hematologic, collagen-vascular and autoimmune disease states, as well as with an increased incidence of nonthymic malignancy. Human thymoma-associated leukemia is, however, extremely unusual, despite the well-documented role of the thymus in leukemogenesis in experimental animals. No previous literature reports of thymoma associated with chronic myelogeneous leukemia were found. A review of long-term followup data of surviving thymoma patients is necessary to determine if an increased propensity to develop leukemia is present in present in patients with thymoma.
- Subjects :
- Autoimmune disease
Cancer Research
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Thymoma
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
chemical and pharmacologic phenomena
medicine.disease
Malignancy
URINARY BLADDER CARCINOMA
Leukemia
surgical procedures, operative
Oncology
hemic and lymphatic diseases
medicine
In patient
business
neoplasms
Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10970142 and 0008543X
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cancer
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........4ca6e346db3e2787889e6841c3f70e63