LATE RECURRENCE OF THYMOMA AND MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS

Authors
GOTTI G PALADINI P HAID MM BIAGI G DIBISCEGLIE M CIONI R CIACCI G
Citation
G. Gotti et al., LATE RECURRENCE OF THYMOMA AND MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS, Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 29(1), 1995, pp. 37-38
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365580
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
37 - 38
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5580(1995)29:1<37:LROTAM>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
In a case of thymoma associated with myasthenia gravis, symptoms of re lapse appeared 14 years after thymectomy. Tumour tissue from repeat re section showed the same histologic pattern and aneuploidy as in the or iginal specimen. The case illustrates the necessity of wide surgical e xposure to permit maximal thymectomy, though recurrence remains possib le.