[Comparative characteristics of surgical treatment of thymoma with the clinical signs of myasthenia and without them].

Analysis of results of surgical treatment of 72 patients with thymoma, including 49 in combination with clinical signs of myasthenia and 23 without them, is presented. In group of patients with symptoms of myasthenia the women aged from 30 to 39 yrs prevailed and among those who had not--the men, aged from 40 to 49 yrs. Histologic investigation in 29 (59.1%) of patients with symptoms of myasthenia showed lymphocytic thymoma, in 10 (43.4%) of patients without signs of myasthenia--benign thymoma was revealed.