2020年5月1日
Anti-LRP4 Antibody-associated Myasthenia Gravis with a Rare Complication of Thymoma Successfully Treated by Thymectomy.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
- 巻
- 59
- 号
- 9
- 開始ページ
- 1219
- 終了ページ
- 1222
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.2169/internalmedicine.3828-19
We herein report the case of a 65-year-old woman diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (MG) after complaining of double vision. The patient had anti-low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (LRP4) antibody in her serum, although antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor and muscle-specific tyrosine kinase were not detected. Chest computed tomography showed an anterior mediastinal tumor with a high uptake on fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography. Endoscopic thymectomy successfully ameliorated her ocular symptoms and showed the lesion to be thymoma. The present case revealed that anti-LRP4 antibody-associated MG can be associated with thymoma, which has been regarded as a rare complication of this disease thus far.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.2169/internalmedicine.3828-19
- PubMed ID : 32051380
- PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC7270769