Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and Myasthenia Gravis Associated with Thymoma
- 22 September 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 275 (12) , 663-664
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196609222751210
Abstract
NEOPLASMS of the thymus are associated with a wide spectrum of diseases, including myasthenia gravis,1 idiopathic acquired agammaglobulinemia,2 primary aregenerative anemia,3 Cushing's syndrome4 and systemic lupus erythematosus.5 In addition, there are 2 case reports of autoimmune hemolytic anemia and thymoma.6 , 7 The following case is the unique occurrence of both autoimmune hemolytic anemia and myasthenia gravis in a patient with a thymoma.Case ReportJ.B. 179545, a 62-year-old Armenian man, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital on February 14, 1964, complaining of weakness, double vision and slurred speech of 1 month's duration. Five months previously he had undergone a prostatectomy at . . .This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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