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  • Title: Microscopic thymoma and myasthenia gravis.
    Author: Puglisi F, Finato N, Mariuzzi L, Marchini C, Floretti G, Beltrami CA.
    Journal: J Clin Pathol; 1995 Jul; 48(7):682-3. PubMed ID: 7560183.
    Abstract:
    A rare case of microscopically sized thymoma is described in a 56 year old man suffering from myasthenia gravis. Histological examination of the surgically removed thymus showed the presence of several epithelial thymoma-like islands. As controls, 100 thymuses obtained from consecutive necropsies were sampled: 4% of these cases showed epithelial islands. This case is further proof that "microscopic thymoma" is a true pathological entity and suggests that every thymus removed from myasthenic patients in which there is no macroscopic evidence of thymoma should be examined microscopically on serial sections.
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