Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome and autoimmune Addison disease in a patient with thymoma

Am J Med Sci. 2005 Jan;329(1):48-51. doi: 10.1097/00000441-200501000-00009.

Abstract

A 48-year-old man with autoimmune Addison disease developed the following paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes (PNNS): limbic encephalitis, opsoclonus/myoclonus, and sensorimotor and autonomic neuropathies. An anterior mediastinal mass detected on a chest computed tomographic scan was found on resection to be a noninvasive lymphocytic thymoma. The PNNS went into remission 1 year after the thymectomy. This is the first case of thymoma associated with autoimmune Addison disease and PNNS to be described in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Addison Disease / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / etiology*
  • Thymoma / complications*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / complications*