This week's artwork was donated by Lonny, a pediatric cancer patient who received treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia . Table of Contents Thymic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma associated with thymoma in a patient with ocular myasthenia. Corticosteroids and azathioprine do not prevent radiation-induced lung injury.
Neuroendocrine differentiation is a common feature of thymic carcinoma.
All three lesions were radically resected. The case of a man who presented with dyspnea and a dry cough six weeks after mediastinal radiotherapy for malignant thymoma is described. Chest x-ray showed bilateral pulmonary infiltrates. Computed tomography scan of the thorax confirmed bilateral ground glass opacities, with well-defined lateral margin on the right side corresponding to the field of radiation. Bronchoalveolar lavage performed on the nonirradiated area showed an intense lymphocytosis.