Thymoma-associated Myasthenia Gravis in a Young Adult with Development of Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Post-thymectomy: A Case Report

We report a young adult with thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis (MG) who, following thymectomy, developed paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (LE) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Although thymomas commonly co-occur with MG, LE is an uncommon autoimmune sequela. Herein, we discuss the pathop...

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Publicado no:Cureus
Main Authors: Liu, Robin, Dar, A. Rashid, Tay, Keng Yeow, Nicolle, Mike W, Inculet, Richard I
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Cureus 2018
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Internal Medicine
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6334889/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30656085
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3581
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