Dementia in a patient with Thymoma and hypogammaglobulinaemia (Good's syndrome).

Cases J

Hospitais da Universidade Coimbra, Serviço de Medicina II, Av, Bissaya Barreto e Praceta Prof, Mota Pinto, 3000-075, Coimbra, Portugal.

Published: August 2008

Good's syndrome is extremely rare and refers to an acquired B and T cell immunodeficiency in thymoma patients. The authors of this article present a case report of a 75-year-old, caucasian male patient previously subjected to examinations for secondary dementia and recurrent infections, which revealed paraneoplastic syndrome arose from thymoma. He underwent thymectomy, while his immunodeficiency syndrome sustained with frequent opportunistic infections, constantly requiring intravenous immunoglobulin treatment.

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