RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Myotonic dystrophy and thymoma: A necropsy case report
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 173
OP 175
DO 10.1136/jnnp.44.2.173
VO 44
IS 2
A1 Kuroiwa, Yoshiyuki
A1 Yamada, Akira
A1 Ikebe, Kenji
A1 Kosaka, Kinori
A1 Sugita, Hideo
A1 Murakami, Toshikazu
YR 1981
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/44/2/173.abstract
AB This report describes a 46 year old woman having both thymoma and myotonic dystrophy. Laboratory studies revealed an anterior mediastinal mass, lymphocytopenia, anergic reaction to dinitrochlorobenzene and electrophysiological evidence of myotonia. Postmortem examination disclosed a thymoma with predominant proliferation of epithelial cells. This paper is the second necropsy report of myotonic dystrophy associated with thymoma.