Myasthenia gravis thymus: Clinical, histological and culture correlations

This paper attempts to quantitate immunohistological changes in the myasthenia gravis (MG) thymus and to correlate them with clinical and culture parameters in 40 untreated young onset patients covering a wide range of durations and serum anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody titers. Total cellularities of both the thymic cortex and the medulla declined significantly with age. There was some hyperplasia of subcapsular and of medullary …