Thymus Gland Pathology : Clinical, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Features
Publication year: 2008
ISBN: 978-88-470-0828-1
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The thymic pathology is related to several complex congenital, non-oncological, and oncological diseases. Many of these illnesses require a multidisciplinary approach thus involving several specialists: the surgeon, the neurologist, the anesthetist, and the pathologist. For example, myasthenia gravis—the most challenging disease deriving from a thymic trouble—requires an accurate and multimodal treatment. The oncologic pathology of the thymus is likewise complex, and involves also the oncologist and the radiotherapist. In cases of congenital thymic diseases, a transplantation of the thymus can be taken into consideration.
Subject: Medicine, CT, PET, Staging, classification, computed tomography (CT), endoscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), pathology, positron emission tomography (PET), radiotherapy, steroids, surgery, thymus, transplantation, tumor, thoracic surgery
