Thymectomy during Myasthenic Crisis under Artificial Respiration
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Thymectomy during Myasthenic Crisis under Artificial Respiration.
A 34-year-old man was diagnosed with thymoma, which was evaluated preoperatively as stage II or III, with myasthenia gravis (MG). The size of the tumor was 70 × 44 × 80 mm. No invasion to neighboring organs was observed. Prednisolone was prescribed for stabilization of MG. However, a myasthenic crisis (MC) occurred, and intensive care, including emergent endobronchial intubation followed by art...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1341-1098,2186-1005
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.17-00176