Coexistence of pernicious anemia and myasthenia gravis - A rare combination of autoimmune diseases in Taiwan

Kuo Hsuan Chang; Rong Kuo Lyu; Long Sun Ro; Yih Ru Wu; Chiung Mei Chen

doi:10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60181-9

Coexistence of pernicious anemia and myasthenia gravis - A rare combination of autoimmune diseases in Taiwan

Kuo Hsuan Chang
, Rong Kuo Lyu
, Long Sun Ro
, Yih Ru Wu
, Chiung Mei Chen^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

About 5-10% of patients with myasthenia gravis concomitantly have other autoimmune diseases. However, the coexistence of myasthenia gravis and pernicious anemia is rare. Here, we report a 73-year-old Taiwanese woman who developed myasthenia gravis 5 months after the onset of pernicious anemia. Her myasthenic and pernicious anemia symptoms markedly improved after pyridostigmine, prednisolone and hydroxocobalamine treatment. It is important to recognize concurrence of myasthenia gravis and pernicious anemia in the same patient because the therapeutic results for both diseases are rewarding.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	946-949
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume	105
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60181-9
State	Published - 11 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Myasthenia gravis
Pernicious anemia

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