title: Malignant thymoma in a patient with growth hormone deficiency during growth hormone therapy.
abstract: Malignant thymoma was found in an 8-year-old Japanese boy with growth hormone (GH) deficiency who had received GH therapy for 3 years and 5 months. There may be a possible relationship between the occurrence of malignant thymoma and GH therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Kiyose Children's Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aso
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morikawa
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013945:Thymoma / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone