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Acquired generalised neuromyotonia, cutaneous lupus erythematosus and alopecia areata in a patient with myasthenia gravis.

O'Sullivan SS, Mullins GM, Neligan A, McNamara B, Galvin RJ

Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland. sosulliv@ion.ucl.ac.uk

We describe a patient with the diagnoses of acquired neuromyotonia, cutaneous lupus erythematosus and alopecia areata, occurring many years after a thymectomy for myasthenia gravis associated with a thymoma. We review the current literature on autoimmune conditions associated with myasthenia gravis and thymectomy. To our knowledge, this combination of multiple autoimmune conditions has not been reported previously.

Published 26 March 2007 in Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 109(4): 374-5.
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