title: [Giant cell myositis and myasthenia gravis: a case report].
abstract: We report the case of a 63-year-old patient with muscular weakness in the context of a myasthenia gravis evolving for 4 years. Although myasthenia gravis was under control, aggravation of muscular weakness led to perform a muscular biopsy. It showed a giant cell myositis, which is usually described in sarcoidosis but can also be found in a context of myositis associated with myasthenia gravis.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomie-pathologique et histologie-cytologie, CHU de Toulouse Rangueil, 1, avenue du Professeur-Jean-Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France. claire.illac@gmail.com
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Illac
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Boudat
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Larrieu
authors.forename: Marie-Bernadette
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Delisle
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D015726:Giant Cells; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications*; D009220:Myositis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*