A patient developed respiratory failure after surgical removal of a recurrent thymoma, which necessitated removal of part of the diaphragm. The respiratory failure was due to previously undiagnosed myasthenia gravis, which had selectively affected the respiratory muscles.
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Mier, A., Laroche, C., & Green, M. (1990). Unsuspected myasthenia gravis presenting as respiratory failure. Thorax, 45(5), 422–423. https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.45.5.422
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