Complete Remission of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis by Corticosteroid Treatment Alone without Thymectomy

Many long-term, follow-up studies have shown that steroids are effective in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) who have undergone thymectomy. However, few long-term studies have documented the response of MG to steroids alone. We describe two patients who successfully resolved the symptoms of MG w...

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Main Authors:	Kataoka, Hiroshi, Furiya, Yoshiko, Ueno, Satoshi
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	S. Karger AG 2011
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3223032/

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spelling	pubmed-32230322011-11-25 Complete Remission of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis by Corticosteroid Treatment Alone without Thymectomy Kataoka, Hiroshi Furiya, Yoshiko Ueno, Satoshi Published: October, 2011 Many long-term, follow-up studies have shown that steroids are effective in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) who have undergone thymectomy. However, few long-term studies have documented the response of MG to steroids alone. We describe two patients who successfully resolved the symptoms of MG without myasthenic crisis or serious side effects by steroid treatment without thymectomy or other alternative therapies for more than 19 years. Our experiences raise an open question of the role of thymectomy or steroid treatment alone, especially in MG patients without thymoma. S. Karger AG 2011-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3223032/ /pubmed/22121352 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000333437 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
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author	Kataoka, Hiroshi Furiya, Yoshiko Ueno, Satoshi
spellingShingle	Kataoka, Hiroshi Furiya, Yoshiko Ueno, Satoshi Complete Remission of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis by Corticosteroid Treatment Alone without Thymectomy
author_facet	Kataoka, Hiroshi Furiya, Yoshiko Ueno, Satoshi
author_sort	Kataoka, Hiroshi
title	Complete Remission of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis by Corticosteroid Treatment Alone without Thymectomy
title_short	Complete Remission of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis by Corticosteroid Treatment Alone without Thymectomy
title_full	Complete Remission of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis by Corticosteroid Treatment Alone without Thymectomy
title_fullStr	Complete Remission of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis by Corticosteroid Treatment Alone without Thymectomy
title_full_unstemmed	Complete Remission of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis by Corticosteroid Treatment Alone without Thymectomy
title_sort	complete remission of generalized myasthenia gravis by corticosteroid treatment alone without thymectomy
description	Many long-term, follow-up studies have shown that steroids are effective in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) who have undergone thymectomy. However, few long-term studies have documented the response of MG to steroids alone. We describe two patients who successfully resolved the symptoms of MG without myasthenic crisis or serious side effects by steroid treatment without thymectomy or other alternative therapies for more than 19 years. Our experiences raise an open question of the role of thymectomy or steroid treatment alone, especially in MG patients without thymoma.
publisher	S. Karger AG
publishDate	2011
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3223032/
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Complete Remission of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis by Corticosteroid Treatment Alone without Thymectomy

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