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01-10-2019 | Clinical Report

Unusual Presentation of Myasthenia Crisis Following Thymectomy and Thyroidectomy

Authors: Aidayanti Mohamed Daud, Marina Mat Baki, Mawaddah Azman, Esa Kamaruzaman, Abdullah Sani Mohamed

Published in: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery | Special Issue 1/2019

Abstract

Respiratory distress after thyroidectomy and thymectomy can be challenging. We encountered a 70-year-old lady with a long-standing goiter with concomitant thymoma. She underwent the surgery and developed respiratory distress upon extubation with loss of laryngeal sensation causing severe aspiration. She was diagnosed myasthenia gravis and symptoms resolved with MG treatments.

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Title: Unusual Presentation of Myasthenia Crisis Following Thymectomy and Thyroidectomy
Authors: Aidayanti Mohamed Daud
Marina Mat Baki
Mawaddah Azman
Esa Kamaruzaman
Abdullah Sani Mohamed
Publication date: 01-10-2019
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery / Issue Special Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 2231-3796
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7707
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-017-1146-x

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Unusual Presentation of Myasthenia Crisis Following Thymectomy and Thyroidectomy

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