Chemotherapy-induced myasthenic crisis in thymoma treated with primary chemotherapy with curative intent on mechanical ventilation: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Thymoma is an uncommon cancer often associated with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular junction characterized by muscular fatigability. In patients with advanced nonmetastatic thymoma, primary chemotherapy may be required to induce tumor shrinkage and to achie...

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Autores principales: Patelli, Giorgio, Bencardino, Katia, Tosi, Federica, Pugliano, Mariateresa, Lanzani, Francesca, Innocenti, Alessandro, Rinaldo, Alessandro, Mauri, Gianluca, Cerea, Giulio, Sartore-Bianchi, Andrea, Torre, Massimo, Agostoni, Elio Clemente, Siena, Salvatore
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7852190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33526108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02601-8

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