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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2014

Primary mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus presenting with myasthenia gravis.

Wen Ling Woo, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Lasha Gvinianidze, Ian Proctor, David Lawrence

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wen Ling Woo1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK ; 2 Department of Histopathology, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK.
Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK ; 2 Department of Histopathology, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK.
Lasha Gvinianidze1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK ; 2 Department of Histopathology, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK.
Ian Proctor1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK ; 2 Department of Histopathology, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK.
David Lawrence1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK ; 2 Department of Histopathology, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK.
University College Hospital · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the thymus is a rare malignant neoplasm of the anterior mediastinum. There are less than 30 cases described in the English literature. We report a case of a 47-year-old lady who presented with myasthenia gravis and was found to have a well-circumscribed anterior mediastinal mass in her medical work-up. This mass was surgically resected and subsequently found to be a primary MEC of the thymus. This is the first reported case of thymic MEC with concurrent myasthenia gravis. Her myasthenia symptoms have persisted following complete surgical resection of her tumour.

Indexed as

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC)myasthenia gravisthymus

Identifiers

PMID25364536
PMCPMC4215142
OpenAlexW2188200202

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