HODGKINS-DISEASE REVEALED BY MYASTHENIA

Authors
QUILICHINI R FUENTES P METGE G LAFEUILLADE A ALBATRO J
Citation
R. Quilichini et al., HODGKINS-DISEASE REVEALED BY MYASTHENIA, Revue neurologique, 150(1), 1994, pp. 81-82
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Revue neurologique → ACNP
ISSN journal
00353787
Volume
150
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
81 - 82
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-3787(1994)150:1<81:HRBM>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A case of myasthenia associated with Hodgkin's disease with probable i nvasion of the thymus is reported. Five cases of association between l ymphomatous thymoma and myasthenia (2 Hodgkin's thymomas and 3 non-Hod gkin's lymphamatous thymomas) have previously been reported. Myastheni a healed after the lymphoma was treated. This association raises patho genic problems in the 3 cases of non-Hodgkin's thymoma where invasion of the thymus erased all its normal structure.