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Ann Thorac Surg 1983;35:S0003497510604328
© 1983 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Thymoma Following Transcervical Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis

Erie H. Austin, M.D.*, C. Warren Olanow, M.D., Andrew S. Wechsler, M.D.

Departments of Surgery and Medicine (Neurology), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Accepted for publication April 20, 1982.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Austin, Box 2947, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710


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A superior mediastinal thymoma was found in a patient two years following a transcervical thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. This case report illustrates another potential complication of incomplete thymectomy that may occur with the transcervical approach.


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