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Old 04-20-2010, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Kathie Glenn View Post
I was told that women my age wouldn't have a thynoma. I am 60 and was 59 when diagnosed. Can they tell by doing a chest x-ray whether you have one or not? Right where the thynoma would be I have a swollen like lump. The dr. doesn't comment one way or another.
Hogwash! I'm a 57 year old female who was diagnosed with MG last year. A chest CT scan showed that I had a thymoma. I had my thymectomy done this past December. Mine was done robotically so I have just 3 small one inch scars at the side of my right breast.
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