THYMECTOMY IN COEXISTENT MYASTHENIA GRAVIS AND SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS: A CASE REPORT
Yusak Mangara Tua Siahaan, MD, PhD1,2, Reza Stevano, MD1, Anyeliria Sutanto, MD1,2
1Department of Neurology, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang, Indonesia.
2Department of Neurology, Siloam Hospital Lippo Village, Tangerang, Indonesia.
*Corresponding author
*Yusak Mangara Tua Siahaan*, Department of Neurology, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang, Indonesia
DOI: 10.55920/JCRMHS.2022.02.001078
Figure 1: Imaging results from the patient. Thorax computed tomography confirms the presence of thymic remnant tissue.
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