2022The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied SciencesOpen access

Type A Thymoma with Generalised Myasthenia Gravis

Manjiri Karandikar, Ravi Swami

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Thymoma is a very rare tumour arising from thymus in the anterior mediastinum. A case of a spindle cell thymoma with Myasthenia gravis in a 34-year-old female who presented with difficulty in breathing and swallowing with shortness of breath is reported.

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Thymoma is a very rare tumour arising from thymus in the anterior mediastinum. A case of a spindle cell thymoma with Myasthenia gravis in a 34-year-old female who presented with difficulty in breathing and swallowing with shortness of breath is reported.

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Thymoma is a very rare tumour arising from thymus in the anterior mediastinum. A case of a spindle cell thymoma with Myasthenia gravis in a 34-year-old female who presented with difficulty in breathing and swallowing with shortness of breath is reported.

Key concepts: Medicine, Thymoma, Myasthenia gravis, Anterior mediastinum, Swallowing, Mediastinum, Thymectomy, Thymus Neoplasm

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