title: Late pseudo-exacerbation of myasthenia gravis due to ectopic thymoma invading lower cranial nerves.
abstract: Dysarthria, dysphagia and repeated aspiration in a 54-year-old woman diagnosed and treated for myasthenia gravis 7 years earlier were initially thought to represent a late exacerbation of myasthenia. A cervical mass invading the jugular foramen and causing multiple lower cranial nerve palsies was biopsied and found to represent invasive ectopic thymoma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: MacLean
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guberman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giulivi
mesh_terms: D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology