Spleen metastasis as rare systemic manifestation of thymoma: a case report
Metastatic splenic disease from a thymoma, further complicated by development of Good's syndrome is extremely rare and hitherto never described before. To anticipate possible infectious complications in patients with newly diagnosed thymoma, we advise to routinely check immunoglobulin levels in these patients.
Authors
- Didier Bielen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8899-8383)
- Dirk Van Raemdonck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1261-0992)
- Tom Decaluwé
- Thomas Tousseyn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0397-1086)
- Paul Clement (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3489-4060)
- Christophe M. Deroose
- An-Lies Provoost
- Joris Jaekers
- Inge Derdelinckx
Institutions
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Mediastinum
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/med-25-17
- Primary Topic
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00