Thymectomy immediately after myasthenic crisis: Case report
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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: Military Medical and Pharmaceutical Journal of Serbia
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0042-8450,2406-0720
DOI: 10.2298/vsp190801139m