title: [Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in Morvan syndrome secondary to recurrent thymic carcinoma].
abstract: Morvan's syndrome is a rare autoimmune channelopathy. A case of Morvan's syndrome is presented as a paraneoplastic syndrome associated to the recurrence of a well-differentiated thymic carcinoma, which showed a good clinical response to treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. Address: Belisario Domínguez 1000, Colonia Independencia Oriente, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. Email: gabho@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Horta Baas
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
keywords: Morvan's syndrome; intravenous immunoglobulins; thymic carcinoma; thymoma