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tulip · Credits: 21986 My Scrapbook

is associated with all of the following except..

1. ulcerative colitis
2. addisons disease
3. rheumatoid arthritis
4. myaesthenia gravis

manpreet108 · Credits: 30682 My Scrapbook

Thymomas may occur in association with a variety of autoimmune and haematologic phenomena including:

myasthenia gravis - the most common association but less often associated with more aggressive thymomas
haematologic cytopenias e.g. aplastic anaemia
hypogammaglobulinaemia
collagen vascular diseases e.g. systemic lupus erythematous
non-thymic malignancies

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whats the ans given??
ulcerative colitis?

new_doc · Credits: 5995 My Scrapbook My Reading List 17 Books

wht abt addison's ds?

tulip · Credits: 21986 My Scrapbook

thts the ans new_doc!

thought it was a misprint...

BRAVO · Credits: 46015 My Scrapbook

Other medical problems associated with thymomas include the following-

Dermatomyositis
Polymyositis
Autoimmune thyroiditis
Ulcerative colitis
Pernicious anemia
Scleroderma
Rheumatoid arthritis
Raynaud phenomenon
Regional enteritis
Diabetes
Amyloidosis
Chronic hepatitis
Cushing syndrome
Addison disease

this is from e-medicine according to it answer should be none.

shraddha · Credits: 19590 My Scrapbook

i would go for addison's disease

abdoel-sayed · Credits: 766 My Scrapbook

thanks for all

vanshu17oct1 · Credits: 2848 My Scrapbook

Thymoma is most common tumor of thymic gland .

About 30% pt of thymoma have myasthenia graves and about 15%of pt with MG develop thymoma.

Besides myasthenia , thymoma can produce a variety of paraneoplastic syndromes.These include:
1cytopenias
2:red cell aplasia
3:hypogammaglobulinea
4:Autoimmune disorders (Rheumatoid arthritis,SLE,polymyositis)
I'm not sure about 1st two options

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