Myasthenic crisis appearing after resection of intracardiac ectopic thymoma with superior vena cava syndrome

Abstract Background We describe herein an extremely rare case of intracardiac ectopic thymoma—only two pure cases have been reported to date—associated with myasthenia gravis, an infrequent complication of ectopic thymoma. Case presentation A 71-year-old woman with superior vena cava syndrome was fo...

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Main Authors: Satoshi Takebayashi, Yasuji Yoshikawa, Masato Morita, Ryotaro Nagashima, Yuichi Nakazono, Shinji Miyamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Surgical Society 2021-06-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01233-4
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