Pneumology - Case Reports
Vol. 88 No. 3 (2018)
Occurrence of thymic pathology in two families. Is familial screening justified?
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Received: 3 February 2018
Accepted: 1 August 2018
Accepted: 1 August 2018
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The familial occurrence of thymic pathology, even though rare, is widely reported in the literature and mainly concerns cases of familial autoimmune myasthenia gravis. Other less frequent cases of familial occurrence of thymoma, thymic carcinoid and thymic hyperplasia have been described. It seems that the familial occurrence is poorly recorded and thus its prevalence is underestimated. We report two families whose members presented different forms of thymic pathology and discuss the necessity of screening programs in family members of patients presenting a thymic lesion.
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“Occurrence of Thymic Pathology in Two Families. Is Familial Screening Justified?”. 2018. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 88 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2018.913.