Thymoma followed by aplastic anemia: two different responses to immunosuppressive therapy

Aplastic anemia is an uncommon complication of thymoma and is extremely infrequent after the surgical removal of a thymic tumor. Aplastic anemia is a result of marrow failure and is characterized by peripheral pancytopenia and severely depressed marrow cellularity; it may be an autoimmune manifestation of thymoma. As thymoma-associated hematological dyscrasias, which include pure red cell aplasia, aplastic anemia and myasthenia gravis, are supposed to be of immunologic origin, two cases of very severe aplastic anemia following the resection of lymphocytic thymomas treated with immunosuppression are herein presented.

Diagnóstico de miastenia gravis en perros / Miastenia gravis diagnostic in dogs

La miastenia gravis (MG) es una enfermedad neuromuscular de causa autoinmune, en la que es importante realizar un diagnóstico clínico y bioquímico oportuno para instaurar la terapéutica adecuada que cambiará la calidad y expectativa de vida de los caninos. En el presente trabajo se describen los métodos diagnósticos habitualmente utilizados y el tratamiento de treinta y dos caninos con sospecha de MG, y se propone la administración de bromuro de piridostigmina como una herramienta más, útil en el diagnóstico de la MG canina.

Miastenia Gravis is a neuromuscular disease caused by autoantibodies. Early Clinical and biochemical diagnosis and treatment is demanded in the assurement of quality and time of life in all dogs. In this study we describe the conventional diagnosis methods and therapy in 32 dogs with suspected myasthenia gravis and propose the administration of bromide of piridostigmin as another usefull diagnosis method in dogs.