Abstract |
This case study describes a 34-year-old woman presenting with a subacute history of dyspnoea associated with pleural based masses and pulmonary infiltrates. A computed tomography guided biopsy confirmed the presence of a pleural based thymoma, and a video assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy revealed the pulmonary infiltrates to be a lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis (LIP). The thymomas responded successfully to chemotherapy and the LIP improved following corticosteroid therapy.
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Authors | Chris Ryerson, Samir Malhotra, John English, Diana Ionescu, Stephen Lam |
Journal | BMJ case reports
(BMJ Case Rep)
Vol. 2009
( 2009)
ISSN: 1757-790X [Electronic] England |
PMID | 21686513
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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