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Pure RBC aplasia and myasthenia gravis. Coexistence of two diseases associated with thymoma.
- Source :
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Archives of internal medicine [Arch Intern Med] 1983 Mar; Vol. 143 (3), pp. 543-6. - Publication Year :
- 1983
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Abstract
- Pure RBC aplasia (PRCA) and myasthenia gravis (MG) are occasionally associated with thymoma, although the occurrence of all three in a single patient is rare. We describe a patient in whom PRCA and MG occurred in conjunction with the presence of serum autoantibodies, evidence for a serum inhibitor of erythropoiesis, and elevation of circulating thymosin alpha 1. Although a thymoma could not be detected before death, postmortem examination of the mediastinum found scattered cells within a nodule, suggestive of a lymphoepithelial thymic neoplasm.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0003-9926
- Volume :
- 143
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives of internal medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6338853