Granulomatous-lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Good's Syndrome That Responded to Immunoglobulin Therapy

Intern Med. 2021 Oct 1;60(19):3137-3142. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.6456-20. Epub 2021 Mar 15.

Abstract

Good's syndrome is associated with thymoma and acquired immunodeficiency. A 54-year-old man visited our hospital with a complaint of cough. Chest imaging revealed diffuse nodular shadows and anterior mediastinal mass. Hypogammaglobulinemia and a decreased B lymphocyte count were found by a laboratory evaluation. The lung nodules markedly regressed after immunoglobulin therapy. The mediastinal mass and remaining nodule were surgically resected and diagnosed as a type AB thymoma and a necrotizing epithelioid granuloma with T lymphocyte-dominant alveolitis, respectively. The overall appearances of these lesions were mostly in line with the spectrum of granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease associated with Good's syndrome.

Keywords: Good's syndrome; granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease; hypogammaglobulinemia; immunoglobulin therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Agammaglobulinemia* / complications
  • Humans
  • Immunization, Passive
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial* / diagnosis
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial* / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thymoma* / complications
  • Thymus Neoplasms*