SAGE Open Medical Case Reports (Oct 2021)

Thymoma-associated multiorgan autoimmunity with cutaneous only presentation: A case report

  • Solomon Bendayan,
  • Roxana Mititelu,
  • Margaret Elizabeth Redpath,
  • Robin Billick

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X211055928
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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Thymoma-associated multiorgan autoimmunity disease can be seen in patients with thymomas and presents with features of graft versus host disease. Here, we report a case of a 52-year-old woman with a complex medical history including malignant thymoma, myasthenia gravis, Good’s syndrome, and T cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia who presented with a diffuse pruritic rash ultimately found to be compatible with a cutaneous presentation of thymoma-associated multiorgan autoimmunity disease. The eruption heralded the recurrence of the malignant thymoma and the rash was ultimately found to be resistant to a multitude of therapies except for oral corticosteroids.