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Immune-Mediated Multilineage Cytopenias in Thymoma: A Retrospective Case Series. [PDF]
Thorac CancerThymoma‐associated immune dysregulation can drive multilineage cytopenias through T‐cell–mediated mechanisms. Patients show heterogeneous marrow involvement, frequent relapse, and variable lineage‐specific responses to immunosuppressive therapy, with sirolimus demonstrating activity in T‐cell‐driven phenotypes. ABSTRACT Background Thymoma is associated
Hu N, Wei Y, Lin W, Dong X, Wang H.
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The dilemma of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis
Apollo Medicine, 2020 Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease that affects the neuromuscular junction causing fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles. It is considered a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of 7.77/100,000.
Pushpendra Nath Renjen +2 more
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Thoracic Cancer, 2023 Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) patients are reported to have a high risk of other autoimmune diseases (ADs), and thymectomy may increase the risk further.
Wenxin Tian +9 more
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Medically resistant juvenile myasthenia gravis following thymectomy: Role for FDG PET/CT
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2020 Thymectomy is part of a multimodal treatment strategy for juvenile myasthenia gravis. Symptoms that persist following thymectomy may be due to residual or ectopic thymic tissue.
Florence Ngu +6 more
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Effect Evaluation of Subxiphoid and Intercostal Thymectomy: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review
Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 BackgroundIt still remains unclear whether subxiphoid video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (SVATS) thymectomy is safe and reasonable. This meta-analysis aims at assessing the effectiveness and safety of SVATS for thymoma in comparison with that of ...
Hailong Wang +5 more
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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Thymectomy: Transpleural Approach
Journal of Chest Surgery, 2021 There are several types of minimally invasive approaches for thymectomy, of which the transpleural approach by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is particularly useful.
In Kyu Park
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Thoracic Cancer, 2021 Background Thymoma‐associated myasthenia gravis (TAMG) is one of the subtypes of myasthenia gravis with autoantibodies against the acetylcholine receptor (AChR‐Ab).
Anna De Rosa +9 more
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021 Background The effects of thymectomy on late-onset non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis (NTMG) remain controversial. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review in order to answer two questions pertinent to late-onset NTMG: (1) do ...
Jinwei Zhang +4 more
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European multicentre study on outcome of surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism
BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 Some 5861 patients undergoing first‐time surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism were registered in the Eurocrine® database between 2015 and 2018. The use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement decreased the risk of conversion and persistent hypercalcaemia.
A. Bergenfelz +3 more
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Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: Video-assisted versus transsternal
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2014 Thymectomy may benefit patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) or myasthenia with thymomas. Currently, video-assisted (VA) thoracic surgery is popular and plays an important role in thymectomy.
Chien-Ming Lo +4 more
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