Autoimmune diseases associated with thymoma
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A Case of Thymoma with Multiple Autoimmune Presentations
A 40 year old female presented with a history of cough for 1.5 years and diarrhea for 5 days. She further had a history of pinkish discoloration of skin and red-crusted papules on the anterior and posterior parts of the trunk. Chest X-ray and chest CTScan revealed focal nodular densities in lung besides an anterior mediastinal mass. The mediastinal mass was surgically removed and the pathologic...
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thymoma is a term that should be restricted to neoplasms of thymic epithelial cells, irrespective of the presence or the number of lymphocytes. the usual location of thymoma is the antrosuperior mediastinum; however, this tumor can also occur in other mediastinal compartments, in the neck, within the thyroid gland, in the pericardial cavity, the pulmonary hilum, within the lung parenchyma, or t...
متن کاملa case of thymoma with multiple autoimmune presentations
a 40 year old female presented with a history of cough for 1.5 years and diarrhea for 5 days. she further had a history of pinkish discoloration of skin and red-crusted papules on the anterior and posterior parts of the trunk. chest x-ray and chest ctscan revealed focal nodular densities in lung besides an anterior mediastinal mass. the mediastinal mass was surgically removed and the pathologic...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Visualized Surgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2221-2965
DOI: 10.21037/jovs.2019.10.04