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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
There are no established risk factors for thymoma. | There are no established [[Risk factor|risk factors]] for thymoma. | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
There are no environmental risk factors for | *There are no environmental [[risk factors]] for thymoma; however, several case reports have described an association with:<ref name="Engels-2010">{{Cite journal | last1 = Engels | first1 = EA. | title = Epidemiology of thymoma and associated malignancies. | journal = J Thorac Oncol | volume = 5 | issue = 10 Suppl 4 | pages = S260-5 | month = Oct | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181f1f62d | PMID = 20859116 }}</ref> | ||
**[[Human foamy virus]] | |||
**[[Epstein-Barr virus]] | |||
**Human [[T cell|T-cell]] lymphotropic virus | |||
**[[Infection|Infections]] | |||
* Thymoma may be observed in [[Patient|patients]] with [[MEN 1 syndrome]] | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amr Marawan, M.D. [2] Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [3]
Overview
There are no established risk factors for thymoma.
Risk Factors
- There are no environmental risk factors for thymoma; however, several case reports have described an association with:[1]
- Human foamy virus
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Human T-cell lymphotropic virus
- Infections
- Thymoma may be observed in patients with MEN 1 syndrome