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Does thymectomy help in the treatment of mysthenia gravis? give your answer in the context if there is thymus enlargement on ct scan.
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Yes, it does: Thymectomy helps the course of myasthenia gravis if there is a thymic tumor. This is usually detected by a blood test and enlargement of the thymus on a ct scan of the chest.
Answered 10/1/2013
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Complicated: Has never been rigourously studied, and discovered coincidentally after thymoma removed in a patient with myasthenia. Sometimes, thymectomy helps a patient even if no thymoma, and if malignant thymus tumor, has to be removed and it too, may improve myasthenia. In essence, if myasthenia gravis, consider thymectomy if things are not doing well.
Answered 3/12/2020
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