Myasthenia gravis and alopecia areata.
Of 202 patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), 6 (3%) developed alopecia areata. All six patients had a thymoma verified by pathology; the frequency of alopecia areata rose to 17% of 35 MG patients with a thymoma. In one patient who had no recognizable tumor in the mediastinum, an ectopic thymoma was present in the anterior neck.
Kubota
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Department of Neurology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
Komiyama
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Hasegawa
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012008:Recurrence; D012074:Remission Induction; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis
D011239:Prednisolone