Thymoma
Authors: ANN E. GABRIELSEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1966)

Editorials1 September 1966ThymomaANN E. GABRIELSEN, M.A., ROBERT A. GOOD, PH.D., M.D.ANN E. GABRIELSEN, M.A.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT A. GOOD, PH.D., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-65-3-607 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough the impetus to the recent experimental work delineating the immunologic role of the thymus came from a number of directions, a major stimulus, to our own work, at least, was an experiment of nature: thymoma associated with acquired agammaglobulinemia. One of us (R. A. G.), with Dr. Richard Varco, observed and described such a patient in 1953 and 1954. By 1960, when Gafni, Michaeli and Heller reviewed this subject the number of reported instances was up to six, including two patients of their own. We have seen two more in our own hospital, and the total number now known...References1. GOODGABRIELSEN RAAE: The Thymus in Immunobiology. Hoeber, New York, 1964. Google Scholar2. YUNISHILGARDMARTINEZGOOD EJHRCRA: Studies on immunologic reconstitution of thymectomized mice. J. Exp. Med. 121: 607, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. MILLERBLOCKROWLANDSKIND JFMDTP: Effect of thymectomy on hematopoietic organs of the opossum "embryo." Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 118: 916, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. CIBA Foundation Symposium on the Thymus in Health and Disease. Churchill, London, and Little, Brown and Co., Boston, in press. Google Scholar5. COOPERPEREYMCKNEALLYGABRIELSENSUTHERLANDGOOD MDDYMFAEDERA: A mammalian equivalent of the avian bursa of Fabricius. Lancet 1: 1388, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. COOPERPETERSONGOOD MDRDRA: Delineation of the thymic and bursal lymphoid systems in the chicken. Nature (London) 205: 143, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. HERMANSHUIZENGAHOFFMANBROWNMARKOWITZ PEKAHNALH: Dysgammaglobulinemia associated with nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the small intestine. Amer. J. Med. 40: 78, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. MOOREOWEN MAJJ: Chromosome marker studies on the development of the haemopoietic system in the chick embryo. Nature (London) 208: 956, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. DEVRIESVAN PUTTENBALNERVAN BEKKUM MJLMHDW: Lésions suggérant une réactivité auto-immune chez des souris atteintes de la "runt disease" après thymectomie néonatale. Rev. Franc. Etud. Clin. Biol. 9: 381, 1964. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. SUTHERLANDARCHERPETERSONECKERTGOOD DEOKRDERA: Development of "autoimmune processes" in rabbits subjected to neonatal removal of central lymphoid tissue. Lancet 1: 130, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. TEILUM G: Amyloidosis secondary to agammaglobulinaemia. J. Path. Bact. 88: 317, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. BRADBURYMICKLEM SHS: Amyloidosis and lymphoid aplasia in mouse radiation chimeras. Amer. J. Path. 46: 263, 1965. MedlineGoogle Scholar13. BLAWGOODPETERSON MERARD: Curare sensitivity in neonatally thymectomized mice. Nature (London) 210: 129, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. SALVINPETERSONGOOD SBRDRA: The role of the thymus in resistance to infection and endotoxin toxicity. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 65: 1004, 1965. MedlineGoogle Scholar15. HOLLEY HL: Drugs and the 'lupus diathesis.' J. Chronic Dis. 17: 1, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. RALLISONCARLISLELEEVERNIERGOOD MLJWRERLRA: Lupus erythematosus and Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Occurrence as reactions to anticonvulsant medication. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 101: 725, 1961. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ANN E. GABRIELSEN, M.A.; ROBERT A. GOOD, PH.D., M.D.Affiliations: Pediatric Research Laboratories Variety Club Heart Hospital University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDelayed Diagnosis and Complications of Predominantly Antibody Deficiencies in a Cohort of Australian AdultsArbeitnehmerfreizügigkeitCellular immunology in a historical perspectiveMucocutaneous candidiasis and thymomaDevelopment in Bone, Blood and ImmunityPrimary `acquired' hypogammaglobulinaemia and amyloidosisImmunological Aspects of NeoplasiaLymphatic Leukaemia associated with Dysproteinaemia in Ferrets 1 September 1966Volume 65, Issue 3Page: 607-611KeywordsThymomaThymus ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1966 PDF downloadLoading ...