CYSTIC TUMOR OF THE THYMIC REGION AND MYASTHENIA GRAVIS: REPORT OF A CASE IN WHICH THE TUMOR WAS REMOVED*
- 1 February 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 32 (2) , 327-335
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-2-327
Abstract
The presence of a benign congenital cystic tumor of the thymic region in a patient who rapidly developed symptoms of myasthenia gravis at age 56 and the successful removal of this tumor followed by prompt and sustained remission of the symptoms of myasthenia gravis are reported. A few of the relationships between abnormalities of the thymus and myasthenia gravis are reviewed and briefly discussed.Keywords
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