Successful combined treatment with thymectomy, rituximab and tocilizumab for severe thymoma-associated multi autoimmune syndrome
We present a 53-year-old woman who presented simultaneously with acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Graves' disease, leukocytoclastic vasculitis, elevated acetylcholine antibody receptor antibodies and a mediastinal mass. Thymectomy was performed and revealed a type A thymoma and the clinical picture and paraclinical findings were consistent with a thymoma-associated multi-autoimmune syndrome (TAMA). Beside prednisolone and plasmapheresis, the patient was treated with tocilizumab and rituximab.
Source: Journal of Neuroimmunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Olafur Sveinsson, Fredrik Piehl, Oskar Aspegren, Max Albert Hietala Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
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