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Refractory Myasthenia Gravis and Concurrent Alopecia Areata Postthymectomy With Improvements After Cortisone Taper: A Case Report.
Case Rep Endocrinol
September 2024
Department of Family Medicine King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Article Synopsis
- A 58-year-old man had a serious condition called myasthenia gravis, which makes his muscles weak, and he also developed hair loss called alopecia areata after surgery to remove his thymus gland.
- Both myasthenia gravis and alopecia areata are related to problems with the immune system, and this man's condition didn't get better with regular treatments.
- However, after using a treatment with cortisone, he showed some big improvements, suggesting that cortisone could help people with both conditions, and it raises questions about how the thymus gland affects these diseases.