title: Von hippel-lindau disease associated with thymoma and myasthenia gravis.
abstract: Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by central nervous system hemangioblastomas, retinal angioma, and renal cell carcinoma. Thymoma and autoimmune neurologic disorders have not been reported in association with VHL disease. We report a unique concurrence of antibody-positive myasthenia gravis and thymoma in a patient with VHL disease. Although this may be coincidental, a possible genetic link between thymoma and VHL is described.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
authors.forename: Maushmi N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sheth
authors.forename: Sharon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Nations
authors.forename: Gil I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: Jaya R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Trivedi