Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 with myasthenia gravis crisis

Neurologist. 2009 Nov;15(6):361-3. doi: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181945437.

Abstract

We describe a rare case of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 initially presenting as Addison disease and autoimmune thyroid disease, with subsequent development of autoimmune hepatitis and myasthenia gravis (MG) crisis in a Japanese woman. MG improved with oral prednisolone followed by plasmapheresis for immunoadsorption; thymectomy was not performed. Conventional treatment for MG was effective and safe in this case, in which there was positivity for human leukocyte antigen A23, B52, B62, DR11, and DR15.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Myasthenia Gravis / complications*
  • Myasthenia Gravis / drug therapy
  • Myasthenia Gravis / surgery
  • Plasmapheresis / methods
  • Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune / complications*
  • Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune / drug therapy
  • Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune / surgery
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Thymectomy / methods

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Prednisolone