Occurrence of thymic pathology in two families. Is familial screening justified?

Occurrence of thymic pathology in two families. Is familial screening justified?

The familial occurrence of thymic pathology, even though rare, is widely reported in the literature and mainly concerns cases of familial autoimmune myasthenia gravis. Other less frequent cases of familial occurrence of thymoma, thymic carcinoid and thymic hyperplasia have been described. It seems...

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Main Authors: Sotirios D. Moraitis, Apostolos C. Agrafiotis, Amalia Kapranou, Marina Constantinou, Konstantinos Kanakakis, Panagiotis Hountis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2018-09-01
Series:Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Subjects:
Familial
thymoma
thymic carcinoma
thymic hyperplasia.
Online Access:https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/913

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