May 2023 in “Surgical Case Reports” This case report describes a rare instance of thymoma associated with alopecia areata in a 60-year-old woman who had no signs of myasthenia gravis, highlighting the need for thoracic surgeons to consider alopecia in such cases due to its impact on quality of life.
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April 2013 in “PubMed” This review discusses non-motor symptoms in autoimmune myasthenia gravis and associated thymomas, highlighting abnormal T-cell clones as a contributing factor, but reports no new clinical results.
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January 2022 in “JAAD Case Reports” This article reports a unique case of a 60-year-old woman with alopecia areata and myasthenia gravis, suggesting a rare paraneoplastic syndrome connection primarily limited to prior reports involving hematologic cancers.
December 2023 in “Journal of Cutaneous Immunology and Allergy” In this case report, a 41-year-old male developed myasthenia gravis following alopecia areata, with prednisolone and tacrolimus improving his symptoms; a literature review identified 29 reported cases of this comorbidity, with some showing additional autoimmune diseases, suggesting a shared immunological mechanism.
December 2011 in “Journal of the Turkish Academy of Dermatology” This case study describes a patient with myasthenia gravis associated with pityriasis rubra pilaris, suggesting a rare coexistence of these conditions.