?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Thymoma+with+Myasthenia+Gravis+in+Adolescent&rft.creator=Shetty%2C+Prasad+K&rft.creator=Balaiah%2C+K&rft.creator=Nayak%2C+Ganesh&rft.creator=Shetty%2C+Prasanna+K&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Thymomas+are+exceedingly+rare+in+the+first+20+years+of+life%2C+Thymic+lesions+comprise+approximately+2%E2%80%933%25+of+all+pediatric+mediastinal+tumors+and+include+thymic+cysts%2C+hyperplasia%2C+carcinoma%2C+and+thymomas.+Fewer+than+30+cases+in+children+have+been+described+in+the+literature.+Thymomas+in+adults+are+commonly+associated+with+other+diseases%2C+the+most+frequent+being+myasthenia+gravis.+However%2C+this+association+has+been+rarely+reported+in+childhood.+These+tumors+are+typically++aggressive%2C+with+poor+outcomes.+We+report+a+case+of+thymoma+associated+with+myasthenia+gravis+in+a+16-year-old+girl+and+review+the+literature.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-01-20&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7259%2F1%2F2010-4-16.pdf&rft.identifier=++Shetty%2C+Prasad+K+and+Balaiah%2C+K+and+Nayak%2C+Ganesh+and+Shetty%2C+Prasanna+K++(2011)+Thymoma+with+Myasthenia+Gravis+in+Adolescent.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7259%2F