Eivaz-Mohammadi Sahar, Gonzalez-Ibarra Fernando, Hekmatjou Hesam, Mikkilineni Rao, Patel Amit, Syed Amer K
Department of Internal Medicine, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, NJ 07302, USA.
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, NJ 07302, USA.
Case Rep Oncol Med. 2014;2014:703828. doi: 10.1155/2014/703828. Epub 2014 Jul 23.
Adenocarcinoma of the lung is the most common form of lung cancer in nonsmokers. It is commonly seen in the periphery of the lungs. Myasthenia gravis is generally associated with mediastinal malignancies and rarely associated with adenocarcinoma of the lung. We present a case of a 38-year-old male nonsmoker with rapidly progressive adenocarcinoma of the lung associated with myasthenia gravis, a patient whom expired within 27 days of hospital admission and diagnosis.
肺腺癌是不吸烟者中最常见的肺癌类型。它通常见于肺的外周。重症肌无力一般与纵隔恶性肿瘤相关,很少与肺腺癌相关。我们报告一例38岁男性不吸烟者,患有与重症肌无力相关的快速进展性肺腺癌,该患者在入院和诊断后27天内死亡。