[Thymoma associated with myasthenia, erythroblastopenia, myositis and giant cell myocarditis. One case (author's transl)].
The authors report on a 76-year-old woman presenting with malignant thymoma associated with myasthenia, erythroblastopenia, myositis and giant cell myocarditis. Blood examination showed antinuclear antibodies, anti-platelet antibodies and LE cells. Only one similar case and 22 cases of thymoma associated with giant cell myocarditis have been published. It seems probable that thymomas plays a part in the pathogenesis of giant cell myocarditis.
D000368:Aged; D004900:Erythroblasts; D005260:Female; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications*; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
Thymome, myasthénie, érythroblastopénie, myosite et myocardite á cellules géantes. Une observation.