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BMJ Case Rep
; 20132013 01 30.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23370952
Subject(s)
Brain/pathology , Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/diagnosis , Brain/diagnostic imaging , Cerebellum/diagnostic imaging , Cerebellum/pathology , Female , HIV Infections/complications , HIV Infections/diagnosis , Humans , Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/etiology , Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/pathology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Medulla Oblongata/diagnostic imaging , Medulla Oblongata/pathology , Middle Aged , Neuroimaging , Pons/diagnostic imaging , Pons/pathology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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BMJ Case Rep
; 20132013 Feb 14.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23417381
ABSTRACT
This is a case of a patient who presented with generalised weakness, dysphagia and ptosis. Upon evaluating the patient, she was found to have myasthenia gravis (MG) with anaemia and hypothyroidism. Further evaluation for the cause of anaemia revealed that the patient had pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). CT thorax revealed a thymoma. The patient was given packed cell transfusions, steroids and pyridostigmine. The patient improved symptomatically. Her haemoglobin level at follow-up was 9.5 gm/dl. The patient has been posted for thymectomy. This is a rare case of PRCA seen in a patient with MG, with thymoma associated with hypothyroidism.
Subject(s)
Myasthenia Gravis/complications , Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure/complications , Blood Component Transfusion/methods , Bone Marrow Cells/pathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Disease Progression , Female , Humans , Hypothyroidism/complications , Hypothyroidism/diagnosis , Middle Aged , Myasthenia Gravis/diagnosis , Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure/blood , Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure/therapy , Thymoma/complications , Thymoma/diagnosis , Thymus Neoplasms/complications , Thymus Neoplasms/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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BMJ Case Rep
; 20132013 01 23.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23349179
