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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1980-5-14
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pubmed:abstractText |
Twenty patients with myasthenia gravis had chest radiography, conventional tomography, and computed tomography (CT) of the thorax within 1 month of thymectomy. Four of the six macroscopic tumors were detected on routine chest radiography; conventional tomography provided no additional information. CT detected all six macroscopic tumors and provided additional information that was not available by other procedures. However, 18 patients (90%) had anterior mediastinum densities on CT, which could not be distinguished preoperatively from thymic tumors. All six patients with macroscopic tumors had serum antistriational muscle antibody titers; this test was negative in 10 of 11 patients (91%) without thymoma. Chest radiography, CT of the thorax, and antistriational antibodies are the tests recommended for detection of a thymoma in patients with myasthenia gravis.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Mar
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pubmed:issn |
0028-3878
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
30
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
233-9
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Acetylcholine,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Autoantibodies,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Muscles,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Myasthenia Gravis,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Receptors, Cholinergic,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Thymectomy,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Thymoma,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Thymus Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:7189022-Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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pubmed:year |
1980
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Detection of thymoma in myasthenia gravis.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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