Good's syndrome: an unusual cause of chronic diarrhea.
A 50-year-old man presented with recurrent episodes of pulmonary infections over a period of 5 years, chronic small bowel diarrhea and weight loss of 6 months' duration. On evaluation he was found to have a thymoma, intestinal infection with giardia, oral candidiasis, and low immunoglobin levels. He was diagnosed to have Good's syndrome. The patient refused further management.
Khanna
Sudeep
S
Department of Gastroenterology, Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute for Liver, Renal and Digestive Diseases, Shiekh Sarai-Phase II, New Delhi-110 019, India. khannasudeep@hotmail.com
Kumar
Arun
A
Tandon
Rishi
R
D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016312:Treatment Refusal
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents