Occurrence of invasive thymoma after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: Report of a case
| Autor: | Enrique Gonzalez, Gwendolyn R. Hogan, Nell J. Ryan, Farhat Husain |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
Autoimmune disease
medicine.medical_specialty Thymoma business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Respiratory disease Thymus Neoplasms Middle Aged Invasive thymoma Thymectomy medicine.disease Myasthenia gravis Surgery Median sternotomy Immunopathology Myasthenia Gravis medicine Humans Female Neoplasm Invasiveness Neurology (clinical) business |
| Zdroj: | Neurology. 40:170-170 |
| ISSN: | 1526-632X 0028-3878 |
| Popis: | We report the occurrence of an invasive thymoma following a median sternotomy with removal of a normal involuted thymus in a patient with myasthenia gravis and stress the prompt reevaluation of post-thymectomy patients who have an initial good response and then deteriorate. |
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