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ArticleIndian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2020

Ectopic cervical thymoma with myasthenia gravis: a rare association.

Rachid Marouf, Ihsan Alloubi, Brahim Housni

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Article in Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Ectopic cervical thymus in a child: A rare neck mass case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2025
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  4. Ectopic cervical thymoma: a rare entity in the anterior neck.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rachid MaroufDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mohammed VI University Hospital Center, BP 4806 Oujda University, 60049 Oujda, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0002-8656-7731
Ihsan AlloubiDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mohammed VI University Hospital Center, BP 4806 Oujda University, 60049 Oujda, Morocco.
Brahim HousniDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Mohammed VI University Hospital Center, Oujda, Morocco.
Mohamed I University · MA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thymic masses are one of the most common tumors in the anterior mediastinum. Nevertheless, because the thymus originates in the third and fourth pharyngeal pouches and descends into the anterior mediastinum, ectopic thymic tissue may be found anywhere from the angle of the mandible to the superior mediastinum. Ectopic cervical thymoma (ECT) is an extremely rare tumor that originates from ectopic thymic tissue trapped during the migration of the embryonic thymus and is often misdiagnosed as a thyroid tumor or other neck masses. Herein, we report an unusual case of ectopic cervical thymoma associated to myasthenia gravis (MG).

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Ectopic cervical thymomaMyasthenia gravisSurgery

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PMID33061116
PMCPMC7525702
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