Von Hippel-Lindau disease associated with thymoma and myasthenia gravis

Maushmi N. Sheth; Sharon P. Nations; Gil I. Wolfe; Jaya R. Trivedi

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Von Hippel-Lindau disease associated with thymoma and myasthenia gravis

Maushmi N. Sheth, Sharon P. Nations, Gil I. Wolfe, Jaya R. Trivedi

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Abstract

Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by central nervous system hemangioblastomas, retinal angioma, and renal cell carcinoma. Thymoma and autoimmune neurologic disorders have not been reported in association with VHL disease. We report a unique concurrence of antibody-positive myasthenia gravis and thymoma in a patient with VHL disease. Although this may be coincidental, a possible genetic link between thymoma and VHL is described.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	59-61
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.cnd.0000185585.00247.cd
State	Published - Dec 1 2005

Keywords

Hemangioblastomas
Myasthenia gravis
Thymoma
Von Hippel-Lindau disease

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Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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