Multiple thymoma with myasthenia gravis: report of a case.
A resected case of multiple thymoma is reported. The patient was a 47-year-old man with myasthenia gravis of Ossermann IIB type. Multiple thymomas were detected on a chest computed tomography scan and an extended thymothymectomy was performed. There were two separate thymomas in the anterior mediastinum: one measuring 60 x 60 mm and another measuring 25 x 25 mm in diameter, and both tumors pathologically consisted of predominantly lymphocytic forms.
Ishibashi
Hironori
H
Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
Akamatsu
Hideki
H
Sunamori
Makoto
M
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000473:pathology*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed