Spontaneous tumour lysis syndrome as a rare presentation of thymoma with peripheral blood lymphocytosis

• Main Authors: Larry Ellee Nyanti, Sing, Andy Ong Tang, Adam Malik Ismail, Lee, Ping Chew, Tze, Shin Leong
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2022
• Subjects: RC254-282 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology Including cancer and carcinogens
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33786/1/Spontaneous%20tumour%20lysis%20syndrome%20as%20a%20rare%20presentation%20of%20thymoma%20with%20peripheral%20blood%20lymphocytosis.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33786/2/Spontaneous%20tumour%20lysis%20syndrome%20as%20a%20rare%20presentation%20of%20thymoma%20with%20peripheral%20blood%20lymphocytosis%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33786/; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/20101058221089989; https://doi.org/10.1177/20101058221089989

Tumour lysis syndrome is common in haematological malignancies but is rarely reported in solid tumours. Peripheral blood lymphocytosis is an autoimmune feature of thymomas. We report a 63-year-old female who presented with a mediastinal mass, spontaneous tumour lysis syndrome and a leukoerythroblast...