title: [Selective phlebography of the thymus gland with pneumomediastinum in patients with myasthenia gravis].
abstract: The authors describe the technique of selective phlebography of the thymus under conditions of pneumomediastinum. The investigation of the thymus in 40 patients with myasthenia enabled the authors to conclude that a preliminary administration of gas into the fatty tissue of the anterior mediastinum facilitated catheterization of the thymus veins and favoured a success of selective phlebography, elevated the reliability of differential diagnosis of tumorous and involutional changes of the thymus as well as tumors and portions of a dense fibro-fatty tissue of the anterior mediatinum. The method is characterized by a lower radiation load on the patient and is more economical.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D011012:Pneumomediastinum, Diagnostic; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000098:blood supply*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Selektivnaia flebografiia vilochkovoĭ zhelezy v usloviiakh pnevmodediastinuma u bol'nykh miastenieĭ.