Microscopic thymoma: A report of four cases with review of literature
Author(s) -
Pradeep Vaideeswar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.85088
Subject(s) - thymectomy , myasthenia gravis , thymoma , medicine , incidence (geometry) , pathology , hyperplasia , involution (esoterism) , context (archaeology) , retrospective cohort study , biology , consciousness , physics , neuroscience , optics , paleontology
Thymectomy is an effective therapy for patients with myasthenia gravis, and the lesions usually identified are lymphoid hyperplasia and thymomas. Nodular epithelial proliferations, termed as microscopic thymoma, are rare.
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