A thymectomy is performed to relieve the symptoms of what disease?
a. Graves' disease
b. Tuberculosis
c. Bronchospasm
d. Myasthenia gravis
ANS: D
The thymus gland has usually atrophied by adulthood. Removing it can help relieve symptoms of myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder characterized by weakness of skeletal muscles.
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