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Primary mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus presenting with myasthenia gravis |
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| Authors: | Wen Ling Woo Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos Lasha Gvinianidze Ian Proctor David Lawrence |
| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK; 2.Department of Histopathology, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK |
| Abstract: | Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the thymus is a rare malignant neoplasm of the anterior mediastinum. There are less than 30 cases described in the English literature. We report a case of a 47-year-old lady who presented with myasthenia gravis and was found to have a well-circumscribed anterior mediastinal mass in her medical work-up. This mass was surgically resected and subsequently found to be a primary MEC of the thymus. This is the first reported case of thymic MEC with concurrent myasthenia gravis. Her myasthenia symptoms have persisted following complete surgical resection of her tumour. |
| Keywords: | Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) thymus myasthenia gravis |