THE relation between myasthenia gravis and thymic tumors remains obscure despite the fact that much careful study and thought has been given this fascinating subject. In the majority of reported cases ...

In June, 1944, E. H., (B. I. H. M 4921), a 33-year-old woman, experienced a sore throat, difficulty in swallowing and a nasal twang in her voice for several days. Fluoroscopy of the chest revealed a ...

Methylprednisolone showed higher response and disease control rates than docetaxel in recurrent thymoma with MG. Adverse events were more frequently reported with methylprednisolone, but no ...

Thymomas require long-term surveillance for complications including infection and associated autoimmune and paraneoplastic complications, such as myasthenia gravis, pure red cell aplasia, and Good ...

Thymomas and thymic carcinomas are rare tumors of the thymus – a tiny organ which is responsible for producing white blood cells. These conditions are characterized by cancer cells that grow on the ...

The Creation of the International Thymic Malignancies Interest Group as a Model for Rare Diseases Thymic malignancies are rare epithelial tumors that may be aggressive and difficult to treat. Thymomas ...

In 2011, at age 25, Youssef Heddaya was diagnosed with thymoma, a typically slow-growing tumor that develops in the thymus, a small organ in the chest that is vital to the immune system. Located near ...

This is, to our knowledge, the first case in the literature of a patient with the triad, SLE–thymoma–PRCA, having first undergone thymectomy, with attending irradiation and subsequently allo-HSCT, ...