Three cases of peripheral T-cell lymphocytosis associated with thymoma are described. Each patient had a malignant, predominantly lymphocytic thymoma with resolution of lymphocytosis upon treatment of the epithelial neoplasm. These findings suggest that lymphocytosis complicating thymoma is a parane
Malignant thymoma with peripheral blood lymphocytosis
โ Scribed by Y. Shachor; J. Radnay; J. Bernheim; A. Rozenszajn; I. Bruderman; A. Klajman; Z. P. Steiner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 718 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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