Surgical Treatment in Myasthenia Gravis

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Jennifer Serrano-Cubur
Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Roosevelt, Ciudad de Guatemala.
José Arriola-Navas
Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Roosevelt, Ciudad de Guatemala.

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DOI:   https://doi.org/10.36109/rmg.v160i1.278
Published:   Apr 16, 2021
Issue:   Vol. 160 No. 1: January - April, 2021
Section:   Case Report

Keywords

Thymectomy
Myasthenia Gravis

Abstract

A 15-year-old male patient with a diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis is presented. The patient received several treatments, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, immunotherapy with steroids and replacement with immunoglobulins, without having satisfactory results, during which time he had two myasthenic crises. Video thoracoscopic thymectomy was performed with good postoperative results. Therefore, thymectomy should be considered as a surgical treatment for myasthenia gravis when medical treatment fails.

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Serrano-Cubur J, Arriola-Navas J. Surgical Treatment in Myasthenia Gravis. Rev. méd. (Col. Méd. Cir. Guatem.) [Internet]. 2021 Apr. 16 [cited 2024 May 16];160(1):82-4. Available from: https://www.revistamedicagt.org/index.php/RevMedGuatemala/article/view/278

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