title: A case of myasthenia gravis accompanied by invasive thymoma, alopecia areata and dry mouth.
abstract: We report a 43-year-old man suffering from myasthenia gravis with invasive thymoma accompanied with alopecia areata and dry mouth. These complications are extremely rare and the pathogenetic etiology of these complications was thought to depend on a generalized immunological disturbance.
authors.affiliation: Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wakata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sumiyoshi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tagaya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000150:complications*; D004491:Edrophonium / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011729:Pyridostigmine Bromide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004491:Edrophonium; D011239:Prednisolone; D011729:Pyridostigmine Bromide