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Frequency and features of myasthenia gravis developing after thymectomy

European Journal of Neurology, 2020
Thymectomy is an effective treatment for myasthenia gravis (MG) with anti‐acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies. We rarely encounter patients who develop MG after surgery for thymic tumors.
A. Uzawa, T. Kanai, F. Oda, Y. Ozawa, M. Yasuda, N. Kawaguchi, K. Himuro, I. Yoshino, S. Kuwabara   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with erythroblastopenia and thymoma: Reactivation after topical corticosteroids [PDF]

, 1998
We report a 69-year-old female with erythroblastopenia and thymoma who developed lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) after thymectomy, 2 months after the initiation of therapy with methylprednisolone.
Alomar, A., Barnadas, M. A., Curell, R., de Moragas, J. M., Garcia-Patos, V., Kind, P., Pedro, C., Perez, E., Sander, C. A.   +8 more
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SUBPOPULATION PROFILES OF T HELPER CELLS EXPRESSING CD45RA AND CD31 MARKERS IN CHILDREN AFTER THYMECTOMY PERFORMED UPON SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

Медицинская иммунология, 2016
Thymectomy is a stage of surgery when treating some congenital heart defects. Thymus gland is the central organ of immune system. This organ is the primary site of T-cell lymphopoiesis and central tolerance to autoantigens during fetal and early ...
Yu. I. Rovda, S. A. Shmulevich, A. V. Shabaldin, E. B. Lukoyanycheva   +3 more
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Role of thymus on prognosis of myasthenia gravis in Turkish population

İstanbul Kuzey Klinikleri, 2020
OBJECTIVE: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease that may cause a disorder in transmission at the neuromuscular junction. Antibodies directed against acetylcholine receptors are responsible. The thymus is the place that that production of these
Hulya Tireli, Gülbün Asuman Yüksel, Tamer Okay, Kemal Tutkavul   +3 more
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Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery vs. sternotomy for thymectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Surgery, 2023
IntroductionSurgeons have widely regarded sternotomy (ST) as the standard surgical method for thymectomy. Minimally invasive methods for thymectomy, including video-assisted and robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS), have been explored.
Cheng-qian Wang, Cheng-qian Wang, Jie Wang, Fei-yu Liu, Wei Wang   +4 more
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Outcomes After Transcervical Thymectomy for Ocular Myasthenia Gravis: A Retrospective Cohort Study With Inverse Probability Weighting.

Journal of neuro-ophthalmology, 2020
BACKGROUND The benefit of thymectomy in reducing requirement for corticosteroids, symptom severity, need for immunosuppression, and hospitalization rates in patients with seropositive generalized myasthenia has recently been established.
A. Hamedani, M. Pistilli, S. Singhal, K. Shindler, R. Avery, M. Tamhankar, Grant T. Liu   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Factors predicting perioperative outcomes in patients with myasthenia gravis or thymic neoplasms undergoing thymectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic approach

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2022
Background: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors which predict the perioperative outcomes after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) or thymic neoplasms Patients and Methods: Data
B Vigneshwaran, Sanjeev Kumar Bhoi, Mukund Namdev Sable, Dillip Muduly, Mahesh Sultania, Menkha Jha, Sudipta Mohakud, Madhabananda Kar   +7 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, Michael Cardamone, Dylan Wanaguru, Bruce Currie, Eva Alina Wegner, Ian Andrews, Walter Haindl   +6 more
doaj  

Complete Remission of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis by Corticosteroid Treatment Alone without Thymectomy

Case Reports in Neurology, 2011
Many long-term, follow-up studies have shown that steroids are effective in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) who have undergone thymectomy. However, few long-term studies have documented the response of MG to steroids alone.
Hiroshi Kataoka, Yoshiko Furiya, Satoshi Ueno   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

FGL‐1 Modulates Inter‐Organ Communication by Controlling T Cell Homeostasis during the Onset of Sjögren's Disease

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objective Autoimmunity occurs due to the tactics between pathogenic and regulatory factors in systemic organs. Although inter‐organ communication has been demonstrated in various diseases, the effects of the crosstalk between the immune system and other organs on autoimmune disease is unknown.
Kunihiro Otsuka, Aya Ushio, Ruka Nagao, Shigefumi Matsuzawa, Rieko Arakaki, Kazuki Fukuta, Yasuhiro Mouri, Takaaki Tsunematsu, Naozumi Ishimaru   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source