A 50-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for severe pneumonia. An anterior mediastinum tumor and the hypogammaglobulinaemia were detected during treatment of pneumonia, and Good's syndrome was diagnosed. The clinical characteristics of Good's syndrome are increased susceptibility to bacterial infections and opportunistic viral and fungal infections. We planned thymectomy with the perioperative supplementation of immunoganmmagloblin to prevent perioperative infectious complications after pneumonia recovered completely. Extended thymo-thymectomy was performed. Pathological examination revealed type AB thymoma. The hypogammaglobulinaemia did not improved following thymectomy, and the patient had to be treated by immunoglobulin supplementation to maintain adequate trough immunoglobulin G( IgG) values.
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