Good's Syndrome Accompanied by Agranulocytosis Following a Rapid Clinical Course

Good's syndrome is an immunodeficiency disease involving thymoma accompanied by hypogammaglobulinemia. We encountered a case of Good's syndrome accompanied by agranulocytosis that followed a rapid clinical course. A 72-year-old man visited our hospital with a two-week history of a sore thr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal Medicine 2016, Vol.55(5), pp.537-540
Hauptverfasser: Okusu, Takahiro, Sato, Taiki, Ogata, Yoshitaka, Nagata, Shinpei, Kozumi, Kazuhiro, Kim, Sung-Ho, Yamamoto, Suguru, Yamayoshi, Shigeru
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Zusammenfassung:Good's syndrome is an immunodeficiency disease involving thymoma accompanied by hypogammaglobulinemia. We encountered a case of Good's syndrome accompanied by agranulocytosis that followed a rapid clinical course. A 72-year-old man visited our hospital with a two-week history of a sore throat. Candida albicans was detected in the pharynx, and hypogammaglobulinemia was detected in addition to granulocytopenia. The patient subsequently developed septic shock and followed a rapid clinical course which ended in death. Good's syndrome with agranulocytosis was diagnosed at autopsy. Good's syndrome accompanied by agranulocytosis can follow a rapid clinical course and some cases remain asymptomatic until old age. Its prompt treatment is crucial.
ISSN:0918-2918
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DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.55.5542