[Pubmed] Thymoma-Associated Myasthenia Gravis With Myocarditis

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Cureus. 2023 Jul 26;15(7):e42473. doi: 10.7759/cureus.42473. eCollection 2023 Jul.

ABSTRACT

Myasthenia gravis (MG) complicated by myocarditis is a rare autoimmune manifestation. We present a patient who initially presented with a suspected ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with angiographically normal coronary arteries. A chest CT scan revealed a large homogenous soft-tissue density anterior mediastinal mass suspicious of thymoma. Neurological deterioration in the hospital suggested a diagnosis of MG with subsequent electromyography and nerve conduction studies (EMG/NCS) and repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) confirmation. A cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study (CMR) demonstrated diffuse myocardial edema and severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and sub-epicardial late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) involving all basal and mid-LV segments in addition to apical inferior and lateral segments. A diagnosis of thymoma-associated MG with myocarditis was made and the patient was successfully treated with immunosuppression. This case highlights the association of myocarditis with MG as a potential complication that should be considered in patients with cardiac symptoms, ECG changes, or biomarker elevation.

PMID:37637534 | PMC:PMC10457130 | DOI:10.7759/cureus.42473


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