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SUBMITTER: Ozaki K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6306531 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ozaki Kokoro K Ohkubo Takuya T Yamada Tetsuo T Yoshioka Kotaro K Ichijo Masahiko M Majima Takamasa T Kudo Shunsuke S Akashi Takumi T Honda Keiji K Ito Eisaku E Watanabe Mayumi M Sekine Masaki M Hamagaki Miwako M Eishi Yoshinobu Y Sanjo Nobuo N Ishibashi Satoru S Mizusawa Hidehiro H Yokota Takanori T
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 20180706 23
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 improved after thymectomy, but she unexpectedly developed anasarca with massive pleural effusions and hypoalbuminemia and finally succumbed to death. The autopsy showed edema and mononuclear infiltrat ...[more]