Multiple Thymoma with Myasthenia Gravis
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
; : 68-70, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
The actual incidence of multiple thymoma is unknown and rarely reported because it remains controversial whether the cases represent a disease of multicentric origin or a disease resulting from intrathymic metastasis. In this case, a patient underwent total thymectomy for multiple thymoma with myasthenia gravis via bilateral video-assisted thoracic surgery. A well-encapsulated multinodular cystic mass, measuring 57 mm×50 mm×22 mm in the right lobe of the thymus, and a well-encapsulated mass, measuring 32 mm×15 mm×14 mm in the left lobe, were found. Both tumors were type B2 thymoma. Few cases of multiple thymoma with myasthenia gravis have ever been reported in the literature. We report a case of synchronous multiple thymoma associated with myasthenia gravis.
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Main subject:
Thymectomy
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Thymoma
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Thymus Gland
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Incidence
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Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
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Myasthenia Gravis
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Neoplasm Metastasis
Type of study:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2017
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Article