title: Myotonic dystrophy and thymoma: a necropsy case report.
abstract: This report describes a 46 year old woman having both thymoma and myotonic dystrophy. Laboratory studies revealed an anterior mediastinal mass, lymphocytopenia, anergic reaction to dinitrochlorobenzene and electrophysiological evidence of myotonia. Postmortem examination disclosed a thymoma with predominant proliferation of epithelial cells. This paper is the second necropsy report of myotonic dystrophy associated with thymoma.
mesh_terms: D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene