title: Good's syndrome: an uncommon cause of therapy-resistant diarrhoea.
abstract: Diarrhoea is a common symptom for which the aetiology will be straightforward in many cases. However, when a common aetiology is not found, the wide variety of other options can feel like finding a needle in a haystack. In this case report, we describe a patient who was referred to our centre with therapy-resistant, secretory diarrhoea, which was the presenting symptom of Good's syndrome, a rare form of adult-onset immunodeficiency associated with thymoma. The conclusions from this case report give direction for 'finding the needle' and contribute to a focused approach to patients who present with therapyresistant diarrhoea.
authors: Department of Surgery, VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Disselhorst
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Dickhoff
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Alhan
mesh_terms: D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D003092:Colitis / Q000209:etiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013577:Syndrome; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18