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Can Marijuana Cause Thymoma?

I was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis when i was 15 years old. When I was 16 i started smoking marijuana. I'm now 37 and smoke mj ocassionally. I'm now taking inmuran and prednisone for mg. I still have ptosis and had hand weekness in the left hand, until the dr put me on immuran. My question is, does marijuana cause thymoma/
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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The marijuana is unlikely to have caused your thymoma. However the myasthenia gravis is the cause for thymoma and 20 percent of patients with myasthenia gravis might develop thymoma after few years.

Since you are having myasthenia gravis from age 15 years therefore it has taken 22 years to manifest in to thymoma. The thymus is a gland that is part of immune system in children and slowly with growth the thymus degenerates and this organ is not important. However in those with myasthenia gravis there is active auto immunity which causes the thymus to develop in to a tumor in 20 percent patients and this is called thymoma. Please follow up with your doctor and get treated. Please do not worry.
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Can Marijuana Cause Thymoma?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. The marijuana is unlikely to have caused your thymoma. However the myasthenia gravis is the cause for thymoma and 20 percent of patients with myasthenia gravis might develop thymoma after few years. Since you are having myasthenia gravis from age 15 years therefore it has taken 22 years to manifest in to thymoma. The thymus is a gland that is part of immune system in children and slowly with growth the thymus degenerates and this organ is not important. However in those with myasthenia gravis there is active auto immunity which causes the thymus to develop in to a tumor in 20 percent patients and this is called thymoma. Please follow up with your doctor and get treated. Please do not worry.