title: [The radiological evaluation of the abnormal thymus and its frequency in myasthenia gravis (author's transl)].
abstract: The radiological evaluation of the thymus is discussed and the results of 159 pneumomediastinums are described. Amongst these patients, 28.5% had a persistent thymus, 41.1% showed partial involution of the thymus, 22.5% showed total involution and in 7.9% a thymoma was found. Comparison of patients with myasthenia gravis with a group suffering from autoimmune diseases showed a similar incidence of abnormal thymuses. The value of radiology in assessing the need for thymectomy as a treatment is stressed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000209:etiology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013952:Thymus Hyperplasia / Q000209:etiology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Zur röntgenologischen Beurteilung pathologischer Thymusformen und deren Häufigkeit und bei der Myasthenia gravis pseudoparalytica.