Multiple Thymoma with Myasthenia Gravis.
10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.1.68
- Author:
Dong Hyun SEO
1
;
Sukki CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea. skcho@snubh.org
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Thymoma;
Thymectomy;
Myasthenia gravis;
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS);
Thymus
- MeSH:
Humans;
Incidence;
Myasthenia Gravis*;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted;
Thymectomy;
Thymoma*;
Thymus Gland
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2017;50(1):68-70
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
The actual incidence of multiple thymoma is unknown and rarely reported because it remains controversial whether the cases represent a disease of multicentric origin or a disease resulting from intrathymic metastasis. In this case, a patient underwent total thymectomy for multiple thymoma with myasthenia gravis via bilateral video-assisted thoracic surgery. A well-encapsulated multinodular cystic mass, measuring 57 mm×50 mm×22 mm in the right lobe of the thymus, and a well-encapsulated mass, measuring 32 mm×15 mm×14 mm in the left lobe, were found. Both tumors were type B2 thymoma. Few cases of multiple thymoma with myasthenia gravis have ever been reported in the literature. We report a case of synchronous multiple thymoma associated with myasthenia gravis.
