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Table 5 Characteristics of thymectomized patients with respect to pathology of thymus

From: Frequency of myasthenic crisis in relation to thymectomy in generalized myasthenia gravis: A 17-year experience

Thymus Pathology

N (% of 110)

Age at diagnosis* (years)

Sex (m/f)

Patients with Myasthenic crisis (%)

Number of Myasthenic crisis

Days in ICU (Median & Range)

Ventilatory support

Normal

51 (46.4%)

29.7 ± 13.9

18/33

3 (5.9%)

3

3 & 2–4

3

Hyperplasia

43 (39.1%)

27.4 ± 15.2

14/29

9 (20.9%)

10

7 & 2–30

7

Thymoma

16 (14.5%)

37.3 ± 8.9

9/7

8 (50.0%)

12

9 & 3–38

9

  1. * Analysis of variances indicated that age at diagnosis in thymomatous patients was significantly higher than others (P = 0.007). There was no statistically significant difference regarding other variables.