title: Temporal coincidence of myasthenia gravis and Guillain Barré syndrome associated with Hashimoto thyroiditis.
abstract: Both myasthenia gravis (MG) and Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) are autoimmune diseases leading to muscle weakness, while the temporal coincidence of MG and GBS is rare. Here, we report a case of MG and GBS, as well as Hashimoto's thyroiditis, for the first time. All these diseases were relieved by immunomodulatory therapy, which suggested abnormal regulation of the autoimmune system might be the cause in our case. In addition, MG was not diagnosed at first from the initial symptom of unilateral lateral rectus muscle palsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, 230022 Hefei, China.
authors.forename: Jing Ye
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Ben Yan
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yan Yan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013997:Time Factors