Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9942547 | The American Journal of the Medical Sciences | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A 48-year-old man with autoimmune Addison disease developed the following paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes (PNNS): limbic encephalitis, opsoclonus/myoclonus, and sensorimotor and autonomic neuropathies. An anterior mediastinal mass detected on a chest computed tomographic scan was found on resection to be a noninvasive lymphocytic thymoma. The PNNS went into remission 1 year after the thymectomy. This is the first case of thymoma associated with autoimmune Addison disease and PNNS to be described in the literature.
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Authors
Hiroyuki MD, Tatsuo MD, Takuo MD, Tomoatsu MD, Tetsuya MD, PHD, Takashi MD, Keiko MD, Masatoshi MD, Shigenori MD, Keigo MD, PHD,