title: A case of mixed connective tissue disease complicated with thymic carcinoma and Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
abstract: We report the case of a 63-year-old woman who suffered from mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) complicated with thymic carcinoma and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Although many systemic syndromes associated with thymoma and thymic carcinoma, i.e., myasthenia gravis, pure red cell aplasia, hypogammaglobulinemia, and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, are known, this is the first report of MCTD complicated with thymic carcinoma. It was suggested that MCTD may be a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with thymic carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Imakiire General Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan. yoshidomey@mub.biglobe.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yoshito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshidome
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Toshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoneda
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matsuzoe
authors.forename: Takehito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shirahama
authors.forename: Yukie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eiraku
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008947:Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / Q000150:complications*; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes; D011859:Radiography; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery