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CT-Guided Percutaneous Ethanol Injection of the Thymus for Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis

Peijun Wang1, Changjing Zuo, Jianming Tian, Zhong Qian, Fangyuan Ren, Chengwei Shao, Mingjie Wang and Taozheng Lu

1 All authors: Department of Radiology, Changhai Hospital, 174 Changhai Rd., Shanghai, China 200433.



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  		Fig. 1A. —39-year-old woman with hyperplastic thymus and 16-year history of myasthenia gravis. Unenhanced CT scan shows trianglular thymus with bulging margin.

 


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  		Fig. 1B. —39-year-old woman with hyperplastic thymus and 16-year history of myasthenia gravis. Unenhanced CT scan obtained immediately after treatment shows high-density contrast material (ethanol-contrast mixture) distributed throughout hyperplastic thymus.

 


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  		Fig. 1C. —39-year-old woman with hyperplastic thymus and 16-year history of myasthenia gravis. Checkup 1 month after treatment shows low density of entire thymus on contrast-enhanced CT, indicating that thymus is almost necrotic.

 

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