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| | Diagnose-Me: Condition: Thymoma |
 | | This usually means that doctors have to rely on the behavior of the thymoma (whether it is invasive or non-invasive) to decide if it is cancerous, rather than using a biopsy as the only diagnostic. | | | Usually this is confined to the chest area and it is very rare for thymomas to spread to other parts of the body. | | | The main feature of this condition is increased fatigue of certain muscle groups, which means that when those muscles are used they become weak very quickly. |
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http://www.diagnose-me.com/cond/C525288.html
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| | Thymoma aHealthyAdvantage |
| | For instance, chemotherapy may be used along with surgery to treat thymoma. | | | Thymomas rarely spread (metastasize) outside of the chest cavity. | | | The thymoma has spread to other neighboring tissues of the upper chest, including the outer layer of the heart (pericardium), the lungs, or the heartSs main blood vessels. |
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http://www.ahealthyadvantage.com/topic/topic100587564
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| | Thymoma |
| | Except for 1 thymic carcinoma being positive for WT-1, all other thymic carcinomas and thymomas were negative for WT-1 and thrombomodulin. | | | Review of the literature indicates that thymic adenocarcinomas usually arise from thymic cyst or type A thymoma, and the clinical outcome is variable. | | | Postoperative adjuvant radiation therapy is recommended for those patients with the invasive form of thymoma |
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http://www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/diseases/thymoma.htm
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| | Malignant Thymoma |
| | Clinical trials are ongoing in many parts of the country for patients with malignant thymoma. | | | A doctor should be seen if a person has a cough that won't go away, weakness in the muscles, or pain in the chest. | | | Radiation for thymoma usually comes from a machine outside the body (external beam radiation therapy). |
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http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/1400/1418.asp?index=6196
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| | Ercan - Sternal Splitting Approaches to Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis and Resection of Thymoma |
| | If the patient has a thymoma found during preoperative evaluation or at surgery a full sternotomy or a "clamshell" incision is performed (Figure 8). | | | During any kind of thymic procedure, the most important step is understanding the anatomy of the phrenic nerves and their close relationship to the thymus | | | It may be beneficial to consult this practice parameter regarding controversial patient groups. |
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http://www.ctsnet.org/doc/6417
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| | Thymoma and Myasthenia Gravis |
| | The myasthenia in thymoma patients involves many of the body muscles and not just those that move the eyes. | | | We believe that the same kind of process happens in MG thymomas as in the LEMS, though the picture is more confusing. | | | But the good news is that they are seldom highly malignant, and usually behave more like a rodent ulcer, spreading locally rather than by the blood stream. |
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http://www.mgauk.org/mganews/thymoma.htm
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| | MIR Teaching file case mi012 |
| | Pathology remarked that FNA cytology cannot determine if the thymoma is invasive or malignant, nor can it determine the future behavior of the lesion. | | | Posteroanterior chest radiograph performed on 1/12/98 shows a subtle contour abnormality in the region of the aortopulmonary window, corresponding to the patient's known anterior mediastinal mass. | | | The patient subsequently underwent a thymectomy on 1/13/98. |
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http://gamma.wustl.edu/mi012te163.html
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| | Thymoma, Type AB |
| | Radiation therapy is controversial and is usually reserved for invasive thymoma (as an adjunct to surgical resection). | | | On chest radiography, thymoma typically appears as a subtle contour abnormality in the anterior mediastinum. | | | Forty percent of patients have an associated parathymic syndrome (e.g., myasthenia gravis, aplastic anemia, red-cell aplasia, hypogammaglobulinemia); although 35% of thymoma patients have myasthenia gravis, only 15% of myasthenia gravis patients eventually develop thymoma. |
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http://brighamrad.harvard.edu/Cases/bwh/hcache/347/full.html
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| | indiacancer.org - Malignant Thymoma |
| | Radiation therapy can also be used in adjunct to surgery or chemotherapy, either before or after. | | | Radiation alone, if the cancer cannot be removed by surgery. | | | Malignant Thymoma is a cancer arising from the thymus. |
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http://www.indiacancer.org/coca/t/thymoma.html
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| | The Mysteries of Thymoma and MG |
| | Around 1 in 3 of all thymoma patients get MG; though this myasthenia is a nuisance to the patient, it is also a valuable early warning to the doctor to check for a thymoma, which otherwise might go unnoticed for years. | | | The 'small cell' lung tumours in some LEMS patients have already taught us valuable lessons for this MG-like condition. | | | About one MG patient in ten has a thymoma. |
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http://www.mgauk.org/mganews/0101-05.htm
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| | Myasthenia Gravis: Associated disorders |
| | Removal of thymoma should be through trans-sternal approach | | | Highest for thymoma in patients < 50 years | | | Occur in patients with more severe MG symptoms |
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http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/mtime/mgthy.html
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| | Thymoma, Malignant of the Thymus |
| | •Fifty percent of patients with thymomas have myasthenia gravis. | | | •Other auto-immune disorders are often associated with thymomas. | | | •Malignant thymoma, external appearance, shows a large tumor with variegated appearance typical of this lesion. |
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http://pathweb.uchc.edu/eAtlas/HEM/953.htm
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| | Thymoma of the Thymus |
| | •There is relatively little clinical relevance to benign thymomas, many of which are discovered accidentally during cardiac surgery. | | | •Microscopically, a benign thymoma is composed of epithelial cells that resemble medullary thymic epithelium and have a tendency to a spindling pattern. | | | •Benign thymomas are rare tumors and occur predominantly in older adults. |
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http://pathweb.uchc.edu/eAtlas/HEM/446.htm
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