Aplastic anaemia secondary to thymectomy in a patient with myasthenia gravis.

We present an unusual case of a 60-year-old woman with myasthenia gravis, who was diagnosed with an incidental thymoma found on computerised tomography. Resection of the thymoma treated her myasthenia gravis, but led to an aplastic anaemia resistant to granulocyte-colony stimulating factor, cyclosporin and horse anti-thymocyte globulin treatment. The patient received an allogenic stem cell transplant but unfortunately passed away due to complications. PMID: 32135152 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research