title: Myasthenia gravis and thymoma coexisting with myotonic dystrophy type 1.
abstract: We describe a 34-year old man presenting with subacute generalized myasthenic symptoms. His clinical features and laboratory investigations demonstrated both myasthenia gravis and myotonic dystrophy type 1. The computerized tomography of chest revealed anterior mediastinal mass. The lymphocyte-rich thymoma was removed surgically and he received radiotherapy. Recent observations suggested that the patients with myotonic dystrophy may have an increased risk of benign and malignant tumours but its coexistence with thymoma is very rare. The risk of thymoma associated with myotonic dystrophy is unknown.
authors.affiliation: Ege University School of Medicine, Neurology Department, Bornova Izmir, Turkey. Electronic address: ekmekciozgul@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ozgul
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ekmekci
authors.affiliation: Ege University School of Medicine, Neurology Department, Bornova Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karasoy
authors.affiliation: Ege University School of Medicine, Neurology Department, Bornova Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fikret
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bademkiran
authors.affiliation: Ege University School of Medicine, Neurology Department, Bornova Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dilek Evyapan
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Akkus
authors.affiliation: Ege University School of Medicine, Neurology Department, Bornova Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yuceyar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Myotonic dystrophy; Neoplasm; Thymoma