title: [Thymomas and associated diseases. Apropos of a series of 255 surgically treated thymomas].
abstract: The authors report on a series of 255 thymomas and the associated diseases most often auto-immune, myasthenia is the disease most frequently encountered (61% of cases). Next, but with a much reduced frequency of around 2%, come other diseases such as hypogammaglobulinaemia, erythroblastopenic anaemia, and disseminated lupus erythematosis. The authors analyse the effect of ablating the thymoma on the associated disease; those with myasthenia are the principal beneficiaries of thymic ablation, 83% in this series experiencing a good response. Besides myasthenia only erythroblastopenic anaemia obtained some benefit from thymic ablation; in all the other cases surgery to the thymic tumour had no benefit on the associated disease. In the light of their own experience the authors made a review of the literature of the different diseases associated with thymomas and made the point of the efficacy of thymectomy in the different diseases.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie-Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Levasseur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Menestrier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaud
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dartevelle
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Julia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rojas-Miranda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Navajas
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Le Brigand
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merlier
mesh_terms: D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000150:complications; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Thymomes et maladies associées. A propos d'une série de 255 thymomes opérés.