title: Thymolipoma associated with myasthenia gravis.
abstract: In a 29-year-old woman with myasthenia gravis and no visible mediastinal mass, the resected thymus was found to contain a small thymolipoma. Relief of the neuromuscular symptoms followed thymectomy. A very small thymolipoma may be associated with myasthenia gravis even if the content of though thymic tissue is low.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamori
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tayama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hiraki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirouzu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery