Myasthenia Gravis Related to Thymic Carcinoma: A Case Study
| Autor: | Cristiane de Araújo Martins Moreno, Maria Sheila Guimarães Rocha, Samila Marissa Pinheiro Gomes, Eduardo de Paula Estephan, Sheila Aparecida Coelho Siqueira, Pedro Henrique Martins Arruda Sampaio, Daniel Thomas Pereira Lopes, Fernando Pereira Frassetto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Thymoma medicine.medical_treatment lcsh:Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine immune system diseases thymus hemic and lymphatic diseases medicine Thymic carcinoma business.industry lcsh:RD1-811 medicine.disease thoracic surgery Myasthenia gravis Receptor antibody nervous system diseases neurology/neurologic Thymectomy 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Concomitant Case Report: Thoracic pathology Clinical case business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, Vol 09, Iss 01, Pp e33-e36 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2194-7643 2194-7635 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0040-1714075 |
| Popis: | Myasthenia gravis and thymoma are often presented in association with ∼10% of myasthenic cases having concomitant thymoma. Thymic carcinoma is one of the rarest/aggressive human epithelial tumors and has no correlation with myasthenia gravis hitherto. Here is provided a clinical case and review of literature on a very rare association of thymic carcinoma (with no sign of thymoma) and myasthenia gravis (antiacetylcholine receptor antibody positive). Two years after thymectomy, clinical evolution was satisfactory. This clinical case elicits hypothesis that thymic carcinoma may be related with myasthenia gravis, what may have good prognostic from oncologic and neurologic perspectives. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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