Thymoma

Thymoma is a thymic epithelial neoplasm (TEN; see this term), a rare malignancy that arises from the epithelium of the thymic gland.

Jaundice

Yellow pigmentation of the skin due to bilirubin, which in turn is the result of increased bilirubin concentration in the bloodstream.


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PMID (PMCID)
15482546
 FEMALE Adult
Autoimmune cholangitis in a patient with thymoma.
Kim JH, Kim BH, Kim YW, Park JC, Jung YH, Lee BO, Han YS, Dong SH, Kim HJ, Chang YW, Lee JI, Chang R.
J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004;19(11):1324-7.
Recently, we experienced a case of a 35-year-old woman with autoimmune cholangitis associated with thymoma who presented with pruritus, jaundice, chronic fatigue and anterior chest discomfort.
12702918
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Full-blown graft-versus-host disease presenting with skin manifestations, jaundice and diarrhoea: an unusual paraneoplastic phenomenon of a thymoma.
Sleijfer S, Kaptein A, Versteegh MI, Hegt VN, Snels DG, van Tilburg AJ.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2003;15(5):565-9.
Full-blown graft-versus-host disease presenting with skin manifestations, jaundice and diarrhoea: an unusual paraneoplastic phenomenon of a thymoma.