Acquired generalised neuromyotonia, cutaneous lupus erythematosus and alopecia areata in a patient with myasthenia gravis.

Abstract

We describe a patient with the diagnoses of acquired neuromyotonia, cutaneous lupus erythematosus and alopecia areata, occurring many years after a thymectomy for myasthenia gravis associated with a thymoma. We review the current literature on autoimmune conditions associated with myasthenia gravis and thymectomy. To our knowledge, this combination of multiple autoimmune conditions has not been reported previously.

• Authors: Sean S O'Sullivan, Gerard M Mullins, Aidan Neligan, Brian McNamara, Roderick J Galvin
• Journal: Clinical neurology and neurosurgery (Clin Neurol Neurosurg) Vol. 109 Issue 4 Pg. 374-5 (May 2007) ISSN: 0303-8467 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 17239529 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antibodies, Antinuclear
• Autoantibodies
• Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
• Receptors, Cholinergic
• Carbamazepine

Topics

• Alopecia Areata (diagnosis, immunology)
• Antibodies, Antinuclear (blood)
• Autoantibodies (blood)
• Autoimmune Diseases (diagnosis, immunology)
• Carbamazepine (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Humans
• Isaacs Syndrome (diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology)
• Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous (diagnosis, immunology)
• Middle Aged
• Myasthenia Gravis (diagnosis, immunology, surgery)
• Neurologic Examination
• Postoperative Complications (diagnosis, immunology)
• Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated (immunology)
• Receptors, Cholinergic (immunology)
• Thymectomy
• Thymoma (diagnosis, immunology, surgery)
• Thymus Neoplasms (diagnosis, immunology, surgery)