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  • Title: Myasthenia gravis developing after discovery of thymoma.
    Author: Wakata N, Fukuya H, Niizuma M, Ishida T, Kinoshita M.
    Journal: Clin Neurol Neurosurg; 1992; 94(4):303-6. PubMed ID: 1335857.
    Abstract:
    We report 4 cases of myasthenia gravis in which myasthenic symptoms developed after a thymoma was known to be present. They include 3 invasive thymomas and one thymoma. In 3 of them, myasthenic symptoms developed 2-7 months after removal of the thymoma; in 1 case, myasthenic symptoms developed 11 years after the thymoma was known to be present. We also discuss here the possible pathogenetic mechanism of post-thymomectomic myasthenia gravis, and propose that it is due to the natural course of the disease.
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