In most cases, the first step in altering the course of myasthenia gravis is surgical removal of the thymus gland (thymectomy). The thymus gland is located behind the sternum (breastbone) and is ...

T he first-ever randomized study of the removal of the thymus gland in treating myasthenia gravis was conducted in 2016. Led by Gil I. Wolfe, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and the Irvin and ...

We have some surgeries. The surgery that is used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis is a thymectomy or removal of the thymus gland. The thymus gland is a gland that's involved in our autoimmune ...

Alina, was then working as a teacher at a secondary school in Kajang, Selangor. Initially, she thought her condition was due to work-related stress.

Usually, during infancy, the gland is large in size; it reduces as one grows up and the body’s immune system develops. But with people suffering from myasthenia gravis, the thymus is usually large.