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CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis. Findings on | CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis. Findings on CT scan suggestive of MG are mostly thymic masses. So many studies suggested a relationship between myasthenia gravis and thymus. This disease mostly occurs in patients with thymic hyperplasia and thymoma and the removal of thymus can reduce the clinical symptom of the patients. Based on this fact, detection of these thymic masses is very important in management of myasthenia gravis.(1-2-4-5-6-7 the valu of ) CT scan is very sensitive in identifying mediastinal masses but it’s not specific and it cannot differentiate thymomas from nonthymomatous masses.(khode the value of) | ||
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CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis. Findings on CT scan suggestive of MG are mostly thymic masses. So many studies suggested a relationship between myasthenia gravis and thymus. This disease mostly occurs in patients with thymic hyperplasia and thymoma and the removal of thymus can reduce the clinical symptom of the patients. Based on this fact, detection of these thymic masses is very important in management of myasthenia gravis.(1-2-4-5-6-7 the valu of ) CT scan is very sensitive in identifying mediastinal masses but it’s not specific and it cannot differentiate thymomas from nonthymomatous masses.(khode the value of)