Table 1 Diagnostic procedures to assess clinical staging, tumour histology and myasthenia gravis occurrence in patients with clinically suspected thymic epithelial tumours
Clinical staging and resectability | Chest X-rays |
CT scan | |
MR imaging | |
18FDG-PET/CT | |
Bronchoscopy | |
Myasthenia Gravis | Neurological examination (medical history, physical examination) |
Anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies assay | |
Electromyogram (EMG) | |
Histology | Fine needle agobiopsy |
Surgical biopsy |