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- A thymoma can be suspected in a patient with myasthenia gravis or one of the other autoimmune or endocrine disorders noted above.
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- Imaging
- • A thymoma can be strongly suspected if a mass is seen on a chest x-ray in the location of the thymus in the
- center of the chest.
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- Endoscopy and Biopsy
- • The biopsy needed for a definite diagnosis may sometimes be obtainable with a fine needle aspiration (FNA) but
- may also require definitive surgery.