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Thymoma risk factors
Introduction
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
- There are no environmental risk factors for thymoma; however, several case reports have described an association with:[1]
- Human foamy virus
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Human T-cell lymphotropic virus
- Infections
- Thymoma may be observed in patients with MEN 1 syndrome
References
References
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amr Marawan, M.D. [2] Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [3]