Mediastinal Hodgkin's disease and thymic cysts.
2 cases of nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease with apparent mediastinal recurrence following mantle irradiation are described. In both cases the abnormal mass was found at thoracotomy to be a benign thymic cyst. The possible aetiology of thymic cysts in this context and the importance of obtaining repeat biopsies in cases of suspected relapse are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013950:Thymus Gland