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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 12/2016

01-12-2016 | Case Report

Transcervical excision of thymoma and video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy (VATET) for ectopic cervical thymoma with myasthenia gravis: report of a case

Authors: Sachiko Kumazawa, Hironori Ishibashi, Ken Takahashi, Kenichi Okubo

Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Issue 12/2016

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Abstract

Myasthenia gravis is the most common disease associated with thymoma, but it is rarely accompanied by ectopic thymoma. We describe a 47-year-old woman who presented with an ectopic cervical thymoma with myasthenia gravis. She was admitted to our neurology department with ptosis, diplopia, and mandibular muscle fatigue, and was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis. The mass was located posterior to the right lobe of thyroid gland on computed tomography and was diagnosed as ectopic thymoma on fine-needle aspiration biopsy examination. Transcervical excision of thymoma and VATET were performed. The patient has been free of neurological symptoms and has displayed no evidence of recurrent thymoma for 2 years.
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Metadata
Title
Transcervical excision of thymoma and video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy (VATET) for ectopic cervical thymoma with myasthenia gravis: report of a case
Authors
Sachiko Kumazawa
Hironori Ishibashi
Ken Takahashi
Kenichi Okubo
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery / Issue 12/2016
Print ISSN: 1863-6705
Electronic ISSN: 1863-6713
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-015-0582-3

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