Microscopic thymoma and myasthenia gravis. Issue 7 (July 1995)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Puglisi, F; Finato, N; Mariuzzi, L; Marchini, C; Floretti, G; Beltrami, C A
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical pathology. Volume 48:Issue 7(1995)
• Page Start: 682
• Page End: 683
• Publication Date: 1995-07
• Subjects: Pathology -- Periodicals; Pathology, Molecular -- Periodicals; 616.0705
• DOI: 10.1136/jcp.48.7.682
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9746

Abstract

Abstract : A rare case of microscopically sized thymoma is described in a 56 year old man suffering from myasthenia gravis. Histological examination of the surgically removed thymus showed the presence of several epithelial thymoma-like islands. As controls, 100 thymuses obtained from consecutive necropsies were sampled: 4% of these cases showed epithelial islands. This case is further proof that "microscopic thymoma" is a true pathological entity and suggests that every thymus removed from myasthenic patients in which there is no macroscopic evidence of thymoma should be examined microscopically on serial sections.