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Thymoma, thymic cancer and myasthenia gravis are all diseases that affect the thymus gland. In this short video, Dr. Stephen Cassivi, a Thoracic Surgeon at Mayo Clinic Rochester, talks about the role of the thymus gland and the various disease as well as the treatment options which may or may not include surgical intervention.
shelleyfl35 | @shelleyfl35 | Feb 5, 2017. I was diagnosed with Thymoma last year at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. A CT scan for something else showed an unusual growth on my thymus. A wonderful team of mayo clinic doctors removed it and I am being followed every four months with CT scans. There is a wonderful Facebook group with lots of ...
The basics of my initial understanding are: (1) Thymic tumors are relatively rare. (2) Except in the case of thymic hyperplasia, thymic tumors are cancerous. (3) Thymic hyperplasia is extremely rare in adults. (4) The cancerous thymic tumors are thymomas, thymic carcinomas, and neuroendocrine tumors. (5) The most dangerous and least understood ...
The thymus is a small, irregular-shaped gland in the top part of the chest, just under the breastbone and between the lungs. It is located in an area of the body called the mediastinum. The thymus is part of both the lymphatic system and the endocrine system. For this reason, I moved your question to the Endocrine System group here: https ...
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Lymphoma. Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system, the body's disease-fighting network. The lymphatic system includes the lymph nodes (lymph glands), spleen, thymus gland and bone marrow. Lymphoma can affect all those areas as well as other organs throughout the body. What lymphoma treatment is best for you depends on your lymphoma type ...
Cobalt radiation induced thyroid cancer & other health issues. Posted by debdoc101 @debdoc101, Dec 11, 2022. Many Baby Boomers received Cobalt radiation in the 1950s. I was 4 years old and received Cobalt to shrink my tonsils. When I was 9 years old, I developed Thyroid Cancer with metastasis to my cervical lymph nodes.
There are reports that indicate that sustaining thymopoiesis well into adulthood can have significant benefits while its deterioration may elevate the risk of neoplasia and autoimmune disorders.6,7 Consequently concerns have been raised that surgical removal of the thymus in a variety of clinical scenarios may lead to deleterious consequences ...
The process for autologous transplantation is as follows: Patient is given what are called growth factors to stimulate the bone marrow to expand the stem cell pool (4 to 5 days) Patient is connected to an apheresis machine to remove the stem cells (usually 4 to 6 hours but can be longer) After stem cells are administered, patient must stay near ...
On Friday, 10/25, he went to the ER where they did a cat scan and found a mass in his brain. An MRI confirmed a right frontal lobe mass. Surgery was performed on 10/28/2019 after which we learned he had Glioblastoma (WHO Grade IV), IDH1-Wildtype with MGMT promoter methylation absent.