title: Myasthenia gravis and invasive thymoma with multiple intracranial metastases.
abstract: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease. Approximately 15% of patients with MG have thymoma. Approximately 30% to 40% of them are invasive. A 26-year-old man was admitted with cough and difficulty breathing. He had transsternal thymectomy resulting from MG accompanied by thymoma 6 years previously. Thorax computerized tomography (CT) scans showed metastases to the extra-mediastinum. Diagnosis of invasive thymoma was made by CT-guided biopsy. A PAC regimen (cisplatin, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide) and radiotherapy were added to MG treatment. Ten months later, he presented again with headache, weakness, and difficulty swallowing. We determined that he had intracranial multiple metastases. He was hospitalized. Cerebral multiple metastases were evaluated as inoperable. However, he died of transtentorial herniation after 1 month. This MG case accompanied by invasive thymoma with multiple intracranial metastases is discussed.
authors.affiliation: From Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Koç
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yerdelen
authors.forename: Yakup
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sarica