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Thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis without acetylcholine receptor antibodies

Andrea A Rigamonti, Giuseppe G Lauria, Francesca F Piamarta, Anna A Fiumani, and Elio E Agostoni

J Neurol Sci 302(1-2):2 (2011) PMID 21236448

Patients with myasthenia gravis and thymoma usually present antibodies to the acetylcholine receptor (AchR-Ab). Only two cases of thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis without AchR-Ab have been previously reported. We describe a case of seronegative thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis as a further evidence of the variability of myasthenia gravis in terms of antibody profile and thymic pathological findings.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.12.013
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