Thymic diseases as revealed by a series of consecutive thymectomies and biopsies from the thymus.
A series of 85 thymis biopsies and specimens from thymectomies were re-examined. Forty-five of these were taken from patients with myasthenia gravis. A relatively low frequency of thymitis (57%) was found in these patients, while the frequency of thymoma (9%) was as expected. Two cases of thymitis in thyrotoxicosis were included in the material. In all, 22 thymomas of various kinds (18% of the total material) were diagnosed. A fairly low proportion of these thymomas (18%) were from patients with myasthenia gravis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013952:Thymus Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology