Massive benign thymoma presenting as ocular myasthenia.
A case of ocular myasthenia was found to be associated with a massive benign thymoma and responded to its removal. This is an exception to the generalisation that larger tumours of the thymus gland are more likely to be malignant and that thymectomy is not the treatment of choice for ocular myasthenia.
Department of Neurology, Prince Henry Hospital, NSW, Australia.
P J
PJ
Goadsby
R W
RW
Adams
J W
JW
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000209:etiology*; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery