title: Thymoma-associated autoimmune enteropathy. A report of two cases.
abstract: Autoimmune enteropathy is an increasingly recognized cause of severe protracted diarrhea, usually affecting infants and children predisposed to autoimmune phenomena. Although this may be a common cause of diarrheal illness, it is scarcely recognized in the American literature. In association with thymoma, a case of so-called graft-vs-host-like colitis and 2 cases of chronic diarrhea associated with thymoma were reported, but, to our knowledge, no cases of autoimmune enteropathy have been reported as such. We describe 2 adults with autoimmune enteropathy found in association with a thymoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431-5000, USA.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Mais
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Mulhall
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Adolphson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000276:immunology; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D015431:Weight Loss