title: Gallium-avid thymic hyperplasia in an adult after chemotherapy for Hodgkin disease.
abstract: This article presents the case of a 22-year-old patient with treated Hodgkin disease (HD) who had mediastinal widening on computed tomography scan after chemotherapy. This mass was gallium avid. These findings were explained by histologically documented benign thymic hyperplasia, the first such case reported in an adult with HD, to the knowledge of the authors. The literature on thymic hyperplasia after chemotherapy is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0324.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Venook
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Damon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013952:Thymus Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes