Thymic rebound hyperplasia post-chemotherapy mistaken as disease progression in a patient with lymphoma involving mediastinum: a case report and reflection

摘要

Representative PET/CT or CT images of the superior mediastinal mass in the patient’s chest during treatment. Representative PET/CT images of the anterior mediastinal lesions before treatment, showing multiple lymphadenopathies in the left anterior superior mediastinum and adjacent to the aortic arch, with the maximum SUV of 22 (a); After 8 courses of treatment, anterior mediastinal mass could be still seen (b); 3 months after ASCT, the anterior mediastinal mass disappeared (c); 6 months after ASCT anterior mediastinal mass appeared repeatedly (d); 12 months after ASCT, the anterior mediastinal mass observed similar to that 6 months after ASCT (e)