Outcome of myasthenia gravis with thymoma was worse than without thymoma at 1 year followup. Severity of illness, extent of decrement, lack of facilitation, duration of illness and age of the patients were not related to the outcome. It is concluded the clinical and neurophysiological changes in myasthenia gravis with and without thymoma do not differ. However, patients with thymoma have a worse outcome. Buyukpamukcu N TI - Thymic enlargement in childhood.
Thymic masses constitute one of the least common mediastinal masses in childhood.
While producing symptoms of airway compromise, they also raise the suspicion of malignancy when detected. Radiological, operative and pathological findings of patients that have been operated for thymic masses in our institution is presented in this paper. Ages of the patients ranged from four months to 13 years. With the exception of one, who was diagnosed with a routine chest x-ray, all the patients had respiratory complaints. All the patients had been evaluated with computed tomography preoperatively.