title: Postoperative Recurrence of Invasive Thymoma with Cold Agglutinin Disease and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia.
abstract: A 50-year-old man presented to our hospital in 1995. Invasive thymoma was diagnosed and extended thymectomy and left upper lobe partial resection were performed. In 2013, he complained of dyspnea. Chest computed tomography showed postoperative recurrence of invasive thymoma. Several chemotherapies were administered. Severe anemia and an increase in the total bilirubin level were observed with chemotherapies. In additional, an examination showed that the direct Coombs test was positive. Cold agglutinin was also high. We herein experienced a rare case of postoperative recurrence of invasive thymoma with cold agglutinin disease and autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoneda
authors.forename: Hayato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koba
authors.forename: Kota
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanimura
authors.forename: Naohiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Johsuke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Miki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abo
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sone
authors.forename: Hideharu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasahara
mesh_terms: D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003298:Coombs Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery