Thymoma is a rare tumour originating from the thymic epithelial cells. Here, we present a rare case of thymoma in a female patient in her early 60s, who presented for a clinical emergency. The tumour ...

Learn about cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that affects the lungs, pancreas, and other organs, and how to treat and live with this chronic disease. 12 min read What Is Cystic Fibrosis? Cystic ...

Eculizumab effectively reduced MG-ADL scores and corticosteroid use in thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis patients by week 12. The monoclonal antibody targets complement protein C5, preventing ...

In December, the FDA approved Vertex’s vanzacaftor, tezacaftor and deutivacaftor (Alyftrek) for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in patients with at least one F508del mutation or another ...

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

Mike Mahoney was diagnosed with Thymoma in 2019, a cancer that affects the thymus gland. He said it started when he thought he'd torn something in his shoulder. "We tried 17 different ways ...

Despite the history of myasthenia gravis, the prior thymectomy made a thymoma unlikely. Lymphoma and sarcoidosis were also in the differential ... A restaging CT showed a mixed response. The ML mass ...

Purpose: An overview of hyponatremia is provided, including its pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, signs and symptoms, and treatment, particularly with arginine vasopressin (AVP)-receptor ...

Fibroid degeneration occurs when a uterine fibroid outgrows its limited blood supply and begins to die. Fibroids are benign uterine growths made of smooth muscle cells and fibrous tissue. Some people ...