Miastenia grave posterior a timectomía: reporte de caso
Author(s) -
Jorge LunaAbanto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista m�dica del instituto mexicano del seguro social
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2448-5667
pISSN - 0443-5117
DOI - 10.24875/rmimss.m20000041
Subject(s) - medicine
The association between myasthenia gravis (MG) and thymoma is a frequent finding; however, the post-thymectomy MG is rare. The pathogenic mechanisms are poorly understood and include thymoma recurrence, surgical exposure and activation of peripheral lymphocytes after surgery.
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