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(Chest. 1967;52:350-355.)
© 1967 American College of Chest Physicians

Thymectomy for Tumor and Myasthenia Gravis

A Ten Year Experience

Charles R. Hatcher Jr. M.D., F.C.C.P.1; Nicholas Exarhos M.D.1; William D. Logan Jr. M.D., F.C.C.P.1; and Osler A. Abbott M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 Emory University School of Medicine

Thymectomy is a procedure which is performed with minimum mortality and morbidity. It is definitive treatment for benign thymoma and in combination with irradiation therapy is the treatment of choice for malignant thymoma.

The role of thymectomy in treatment of myasthenia gravis is indefinite. The occasional patient is dramatically benefited. So long as the procedure can be carried out a minimum risk, it should be considered in myasthenic patients in whom medical management has become unsatisfactory.






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