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Table 1 Concurrent thymoma and hematological malignancy cases reported between 1990 and 2020, including the present case

From: Concurrent myasthenia gravis-related cervical thymoma in a patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a case report 

Author/year

Age/sex

Thymoma type

Hematological malignancy

Co-immune disorder

Clinical course

Szolkowska et al. 2017 [5]

52, male

B1/B2

SLL

CR at 2 years

Chen et al. 2015 [6]

74, male

A

DLBCL

CR at 7 months

Ito 2015 [7]

62, male

AB

T-LBL

CR at 1 year

Fraser et al. 2012

59, male

B1

PTCL, NOS

Death at 7 months

Yamato et al. 2006 [8]

59, male

B3

DLBCL

CR at 5 months

Rovera et al. 2003 [9]

65, male

AB

T-LBL

Death at 8 months

Khoury et al. 2003 [10]

62, male

NA

CLL/SLL

NA

NA

Friedman et al. 1994 [11]

95, male

NA

T-LBL

Death at 10 days

The present case, 2020

81, female

B1

DLBCL

MG

CR at 14 months

  1. CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CR complete remission, DLBCL diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; MG myasthenia gravis, NA not available, PTCL peripheral T-cell lymphoma, NOS not otherwise specified, SLL small lymphocytic lymphoma, T-LBL T lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia