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Published on November 26, 2015 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2015.10.6323

Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in Morvan syndrome secondary to recurrent thymic carcinoma

Inmunoglobulina intravenosa en el tratamiento del síndrome de Morvan secundario a la recurrencia de un carcinoma tímico

Gabriel Horta Baas

Abstract

Morvan's syndrome is a rare autoimmune channelopathy. A case of Morvan's syndrome is presented as a paraneoplastic syndrome associated to the recurrence of a well-differentiated thymic carcinoma, which showed a good clinical response to treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin.

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Gabriel Horta Baas

Servicio de Medicina Interna, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

gabho@hotmail.com

Belisario Domínguez 1000, Colonia Independencia Oriente, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

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Citation Horta Baas G. Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in Morvan syndrome secondary to recurrent thymic carcinoma. Medwave 2015;15(10):e6323 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2015.10.6323

Submission date 04/05/2015

Acceptance date 07/11/2015

Publication date 26/11/2015

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Keywords

Morvan's syndrome, intravenous immunoglobulins, thymic carcinoma, thymoma

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reviewed by four external peer reviewers, double-blind

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