Autoimmune hepatitis in a patient with myasthenia gravis and thymoma--a report on the first case in Korea.
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease that results from an antibody-mediated reaction and occurs with thymoma in 15% of patients. It is very rarely associated with autoimmune hepatitis. Four cases of myasthenia gravis with autoimmune hepatitis have been reported in the world. We recently experienced a case of 30-year-old man with myasthenia gravis associated with thymoma and autoimmune hepatitis. This condition is the first case that has not been reported previously in Korea. We report this rare condition along with a brief review of the literature.
Han
Y S
YS
Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung-Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
B H
BH
Kim
T H
TH
Dong
S H
SH
Kim
H J
HJ
Chang
Y W
YW
Lee
J I
JI
Rin-Chang
Kim
Y W
YW
Park
J C
JC
D000328:Adult; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000209:etiology*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*
D006684:HLA-DR Antigens