A case of mixed connective tissue disease complicated with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

A Case and Literature Review of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

Normal Pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is characterized by gait apraxia, urinary incontinence, and dementia. Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease that has never been reported to cause NPH. Our patient was a 67-year man with a one-year history of gradual worsening gait and balance, urinary urgency with urge incontinence and decreased short-term memory. P...

A case of mixed connective tissue disease complicated with thymic carcinoma and Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

We report the case of a 63-year-old woman who suffered from mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) complicated with thymic carcinoma and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Although many systemic syndromes associated with thymoma and thymic carcinoma, i.e., myasthenia gravis, pure red cell aplasia, hypogammaglobulinemia, and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, are known, this is the first report of MCTD complicated ...

A case of mixed connective tissue disease combined with sarcoidosis.

[Mixed connective tissue disease].

Mixed connective tissue disease deserves to be a distinct disease entity due to the persistent citation of this disease in the literature since the original description by Sharp in 1972, in spite of the presence of several criticisms against the independency of this disease. The characteristic features of mixed connective tissue disease are: 1) the presence of anti-U1snRNP antibody with high ti...

Myocarditis in Mixed Connective Tissue Disease: A Case Report

Myocarditis is a serious manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus. It is reported that 5-10% of the patients present symptomatic myocarditis. However, myocarditis in mixed connective tissue disease is uncommon. Only a few cases with mixed connective tissue disease patients who presented symptomatic myocarditis were reported. We herein describe a patient with mixed connective tissue disease...