title: Interstitial pneumonitis in myasthenia gravis.
abstract: Both myasthenia gravis and interstitial pneumonitis are associated with various autoimmune phenomena and can coexist with other immune disorders, but the two have not been described together. We present a woman with such a concurrence whose clinical picture improved following plasmapheresis and thymectomy.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology*