TY  - JOUR
T1  - Overlap of Myasthenia Gravis and Graves’ disease
AU  - Milanlıoglu, Aysel
AU  - Çilingir, Vedat
AU  - Hamamcı, Mehmet
AU  - Tombul, Temel
PY  - 2015
DA  - January
JF  - EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
PB  - Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1301-0883
SP  - 158
EP  - 159
VL  - 19
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - Both myasthenia gravis and graves’ disease are auto-immune diseases. Patients with myasthenia gravis may have evidence of coexisting auto-immune thyroid diseases like graves’ disease. The coexistence of two diseases is rarely observed but easily recognized if the association comes to mind. In this report, we present a case of 17-year-old female patient having myasthenia gravis with concomitant graves’ disease and is treated successfully with both pyridostigmine and propylthiouracil options. In conclusion, our case is a good example that the clinical features of autoimmune diseases can overlap and the presence of one auto-immune disease in a patient should require detailed investigations for other autoimmune diseases.
KW  - Myasthenia gravis
KW  - thyroid disease
KW  - graves’ disease
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UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ejm/issue//72752
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/62327
ER  -