Progressive Encephalomyelitis with Rigidity and Myoclonus Resolving after Thymectomy with Subsequent Anasarca: An Autopsy Case

Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM) is an autoimmune disorder involving the brainstem and spinal cord and is sometimes associated with thymoma. We encountered a 75-year-old woman with typical PERM features, glycine receptor antibody, and thymoma. Her neurologic symptoms...

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Autores principales: Ozaki, Kokoro, Ohkubo, Takuya, Yamada, Tetsuo, Yoshioka, Kotaro, Ichijo, Masahiko, Majima, Takamasa, Kudo, Shunsuke, Akashi, Takumi, Honda, Keiji, Ito, Eisaku, Watanabe, Mayumi, Sekine, Masaki, Hamagaki, Miwako, Eishi, Yoshinobu, Sanjo, Nobuo, Ishibashi, Satoru, Mizusawa, Hidehiro, Yokota, Takanori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29984771
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1238-18

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