Malignant thymoma in a patient with growth hormone deficiency during growth hormone therapy.
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.
Hasegawa
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Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Kiyose Children's Hospital, Japan.
Hasegawa
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Y
Koto
S
S
Aso
T
T
Tsuchiya
Y
Y
Hayashi
A
A
Ishida
H
H
Morikawa
Y
Y
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
D013006:Growth Hormone