Acute presentation of autoimmune hepatitis in a patient with myasthenia gravis, thymoma, Hashimoto thyroiditis and connective tissue disorder

Suna Yapali; Nevin Oruc; Sibel Ilgun; Funda Yilmaz; Kenan Aksu; Mustafa Yilmaz; Fulya Gunsar

doi:10.1111/j.1872-034X.2012.00985.x

Acute presentation of autoimmune hepatitis in a patient with myasthenia gravis, thymoma, Hashimoto thyroiditis and connective tissue disorder

Hepatol Res. 2012 Aug;42(8):835-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2012.00985.x.

Authors

Suna Yapali¹, Nevin Oruc, Sibel Ilgun, Funda Yilmaz, Kenan Aksu, Mustafa Yilmaz, Fulya Gunsar

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Gastroenterology Internal Medicine Pathology Rheumatology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir Department of Gastroenterology, Pamukkale University School of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey.

PMID: 22776553
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2012.00985.x

Abstract

Myasthenia gravis is an antibody-mediated autoimmune disease at the neuromuscular junctions. It can be associated with many other autoimmune diseases. We report a case of acute presentation of autoimmune hepatitis with myasthenia gravis, thymoma, Hashimoto thyroiditis and connective tissue disorder.