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ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2014

Localized thymic amyloidosis presenting with myasthenia gravis: case report.

Seung-Myoung Son, Yong-Moon Lee, Si Wook Kim, Ok-Jun Lee

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Article in Journal of Korean medical science, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Seung-Myoung SonDepartment of Pathology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea.
Yong-Moon LeeDepartment of Pathology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea.
Si Wook KimDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea.
Ok-Jun LeeDepartment of Pathology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea.
Chungbuk National University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A mediastinal mass was incidentally found on chest radiography in a 46-yr-old woman who had had myasthenia gravis (MG) for 2 months. Computed tomography revealed a 4-cm in size, well-defined, and lobulating mass with nodular calcification that was located in the thymus. Microscopically, the mass consisted of diffuse amorphous eosinophilic materials. These deposits exhibited apple-green birefringence under polarized light microscopy after Congo red staining. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that they were positive for both kappa and lambda light chains and negative for amyloid A. A diagnosis of localized primary thymic amyloidosis was finally made. After thymectomy, the symptoms of MG were controlled with reduced corticosteroid requirements. Localized thymic amyloidosis associated with MG has not been reported to date.

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AmyloidosisCalcinosisFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsImmunoglobulin lambda-ChainsMediastinumMiddle AgedMyasthenia GravisRadiography, ThoracicThymectomyThymus GlandTomography, X-Ray ComputedImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsImmunoglobulin lambda-ChainsAmyloidosisMediastinumMyasthenia GravisThymus

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PMID24431920
PMCPMC3890467
OpenAlexW2131960354

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