Prolactin-secreting adenoma in a myasthenic patient.
A case of pituitary adenoma in a patient with myasthenia gravis as well as hypothyroidism, adrenocortical hypopituitarism, and diabetes mellitus is presented. The favorable response of this man's myasthenic symptoms after removal of the adenoma and a possible relationship between the symptomatic expression of myasthenia and a functional hypothalamo-hypophyseal axis are discussed. A link between myasthenia gravis and other autoimmune phenomena is hypothesized.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism*
D011388:Prolactin