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thymoma
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thymoma [thī′mō·mə]
(medicine)
A usually benign primary tumor of the thymus composed principally of lymphocytic and epithelial cells in varying proportions.
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Since thymomas are rare in children and young adults, 70% of them are found in adults in the fifth and sixth decades of life.
Thymic carcinoma with pulmonary metastasis by Madan, Rachna; Solanki, Ravi; Narula, Mahender K.; Singhal, Varun / Applied Radiology
Other autoimmune diseases are found with unexpected frequency in patients with pemphigus, and a rather small, but probably significant, number of patients have thymomas.
Pemphigus Vulgaris, Type of Bullous Diseases-Skin Disorders by Robert Baird / Health, general community
Key Words: autoimmune system, malignant thymoma, parathyroid ********** Thymomas frequently are associated with autoimmune, hematologic, neuromuscular, and other forms of paraneoplastic conditions.
Thymoma-associated hypocalcemic crisis by Nylen, Eric S. / Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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