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Thymoma metastatic to liver and pancreas: case report and review of the literature [PDF]

, 2017
A 71-year-old man presented with a thymic mass involving the superior vena cava. A mediastinoscopical biopsy initially suggested a diagnosis of type A thymoma.
Blandamura, Stella, Passuello, Nicola, Pozza, Gioia, Sperti, Cosimo, Valmasoni, Michele   +4 more
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Application of the Technique of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Patient With Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated With Myasthenia Gravis

Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2021
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular disease characterized by pathologically rapid fatigue of striated muscles [1]. The main symptom of myasthenia gravis is the presence of pathological muscle weakness with involvement of the ocular, bulbar ...
N. M. Kruglyakov, D. G. Levitova, G. I. Bagzhanov, K. K. Gubarev, S. S. Ochkin, O. V. Parinov, S. S. Petrikov, K. A. Popugaev, A. S. Samoilov   +8 more
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Management of myasthenic crisis [PDF]

Critical Care Medicine, 1993
Secondly, it is important to differentiate myasthenic crisis from cholinergic crisis. The edrophonium test allows for this differentiation and this may help in optimizing the treatment. Thirdly, Murthy et al started all their patients on steroids prior to discharge.
Sudhir Kumar, G. Rajshekher, S. Prabhakar   +2 more
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Noninvasive Ventilation in Myasthenic Crisis [PDF]

Archives of Neurology, 2008
Myasthenic crisis (MC) is often associated with prolonged intubation and with respiratory complications.To assess predictors of ventilation duration and to compare the effectiveness of endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation (ET-MV) with bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) noninvasive ventilation in MC.Retrospective cohort study ...
Janaka, Seneviratne, Jay, Mandrekar, Eelco F M, Wijdicks, Alejandro A, Rabinstein   +3 more
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Independent risk factors for in-hospital outcome of myasthenic crisis: a prospective cohort study [PDF]

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Xiao Huan, Yafang Xu, Jianying Xi
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Anestesia peridural torácica para cirugía plástica de mama en paciente portadora de miastenia gravis: relato de caso [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by skeletal muscles weakness promoted by decreased acetylcholine receptors in the neuromuscular junction.
Barbosa, Fabiano Timbó, Cavalcanti, Ismar Lima, Correia, Marta Cristiane Bezerra, Cunha, Rafael Martins Da   +3 more
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The Spectrum of Autonomic Dysfunction in Myasthenic Crisis

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2018
Background: Autoimmune autonomic dysfunction is described in Myasthenia Gravis. In myasthenic crisis, the spectrum of autonomic dysfunction is hitherto uncharacterized.
Rohit Ninan Benjamin, Sanjith Aaron, Ajith Sivadasan, Suresh Devasahayam, Amalan Sebastin, Mathew Alexander   +5 more
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The Cumulative Detrimental Effect of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Patient with Myasthenic Crisis: A Case Report and Overview of the Literature

Life, 2022
Background: As the COVID-19 pandemic reached its peak, it became unavoidable that patients with other risk factors for severe pulmonary impairment (such as neuromuscular illnesses) would become afflicted.
Georgiana-Cristina Buzatu, Florin-Teodor Bobirca, Sebastian Isac, Oana Antonia Mihalache, Mihail Cotorogea-Simion, Alina Tita, Cristian Cobilinschi, Maria Daniela Tanasescu, Anca Bobirca, Gabriela Droc   +9 more
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Tracheoesophageal Fistula Caused by Tracheostomy in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis after a Myasthenic Crisis

Frontiers in Neurology, 2017
A 57-year-old woman with myasthenia gravis (MG), who had experienced a myasthenic crisis, complained of coughing while drinking. At first, this appeared to be a sequela of the myasthenic crisis.
Chen Jiaxin, Chen Jiaxin, Li Jingjing, Li Jingjing, Zhu Kai, Zhu Kai, Zhou Zhou, Zhou Zhou, Liu Weibin, Liu Weibin, Wang Haiyan, Wang Haiyan, Feng Huiyu, Feng Huiyu   +13 more
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Myasthenic crisis appearing after resection of intracardiac ectopic thymoma with superior vena cava syndrome

Surgical Case Reports, 2021
Background We describe herein an extremely rare case of intracardiac ectopic thymoma—only two pure cases have been reported to date—associated with myasthenia gravis, an infrequent complication of ectopic thymoma.
Satoshi Takebayashi, Yasuji Yoshikawa, Masato Morita, Ryotaro Nagashima, Yuichi Nakazono, Shinji Miyamoto   +5 more
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