Recurrent Myasthenia Gravis Due to a Pleural Implant 3 Years After Radical Thymectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 299-301

  Heyman, Stijn R G ^a   De Raeve, Hendrik ^a   Mercelis, Rudy ^a   De Pooter, Christel ^b   Van Schil, Paul ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA TUMOR; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47049118198     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.030     Document Type: Article

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