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By Mohankumar Kurukumbi, Roger L Weir, Janaki Kalyanam, Mansoor Nasim, Annapurni Jayam-Trouth. - Rare association of thymoma, myasthenia gravis and sarcoidosis : a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2008;2:245. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-2-245, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4979916 Photograph of a person showing right partial ptosis (left picture), the left lid shows compensatory pseudo lid retraction because of equal innervation of the levator palpabrae superioris (Hering's law of equal innervation): Right picture: after an edrophonium test, note the improvement in ptosis. Mohankumar Kurukumbi, Roger L Weir, Janaki Kalyanam, Mansoor Nasim, Annapurni Jayam-Trouth. - Rare association of thymoma, myasthenia gravis and sarcoidosis : a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2008;2:245. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-2-245 Photograph of the patient showing right partial ptosis. The left lid shows compensatory pseudo lid retraction because of equal innervation of the levator palpabrae superioris (Herring's law). b. Post tensilon test: Note the improvement in ptosis.

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