Thymic Epithelial Hyperplasia with Nodular Sclerosis Hodgkin's Disease

Wataru Ito Second Department of Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan

Kensuke Kojima Second Department of Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan

Kumi Fujiwara Second Department of Pathology, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan

Yasuo Nanba Department of Surgery, Kosei General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Tadashi Yoshino Second Department of Pathology, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan

Katsuji Shinagawa Second Department of Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan

Fumihiko Ishimaru Second Department of Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan

Kazuma Ikeda Second Department of Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan

Kenji Niiya Second Department of Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan

Mitsune Tanimoto Second Department of Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan

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Abstract

We report a case of simultaneous occurrence of thymic epithelial hyperplasia and Hodgkin's disease. A computed tomographic scan of the chest revealed a tumor in the anterior mediastinum and conspicuous swelling of lymph nodes in the upper and lower mediastinum. The anterior mediastinal tumor was histologically diagnosed as thymic epithelial hyperplasia, while the lymph nodes were nodular sclerosis Hodgkin's disease. Our findings suggest that thymic hyperplasia might be directly involved in the pathology of at least some cases of Hodgkin's disease.

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