Thymoma_with_immunodeficiency
Thymoma with immunodeficiency
Medical condition
Thymoma with immunodeficiency (also known as "Good syndrome") is a rare disorder that occurs in adults in whom hypogammaglobulinemia, deficient cell-mediated immunity, and thymoma (usually benign) may develop almost simultaneously.[1]: 82 [2] Most reported cases are in Europe, though it occurs globally.[3]
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Dr. Robert Good was first to describe the association between thymoma and hypogammaglobulinemia in 1954.[4] Much remains to be understood about its pathogenesis.[5]