Combined treatment with prednisolone and tacrolimus for myasthenia gravis with invasive thymoma

Acta Neurol Belg. 2010 Mar;110(1):107-9.

Abstract

We describe a case of recurrent invasive thymoma associated with myasthenia gravis that responded to combined treatment with prednisolone and tacrolimus. The patient suffered from a myasthenic crisis and received methylprednisolone pulse therapy and partial thymomectomy. Low maintenance doses of prednisolone and tacrolimus shrank the size of the invasive thymoma and maintained the patient without any myasthenic symptoms. We stress the usefulness of combined treatment with tacrolimus and prednisolone for invasive thymoma, especially for unresectable tumors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myasthenia Gravis / complications
  • Myasthenia Gravis / drug therapy*
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use*
  • Tacrolimus / therapeutic use*
  • Thymoma / complications
  • Thymoma / drug therapy*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / complications
  • Thymus Neoplasms / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Prednisolone
  • Tacrolimus