[Myasthenia gravis and thymectomy. Report of forty cases (author's transl)].
Forty operated cases of myasthenia gravis correspond to 14 thymomas, 18 hyperplasias and 8 vestigial thymus : 3 stages, I, 28 stages, II, 6 stages III, 3 stages IV. For vestigial thymus and moderate hyperplasias, cervicotomy was used in 11 cases. Surgery allowed 15 remissions, 12 ameliorations, 11 failures, aggravations and late deaths, and 2 post-operative deaths (one of them avoidable). Apart from its oncologic interest in thymomas (1/3 of the patients), thymectomy is beneficial in 2/3 of the cases of myasthenia gravis in general.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000601:surgery
D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Myasthénie et thymectomie. A propos de quarante cas.