Clinicopathological Features and Pathogenesis of Thymoma Complicated with Alopecia Areata: A Multicenter, Matched Case Analysis
We hypothesize that the pathogenesis of thymoma with AA differs from that of thymoma with MG, though there may be a correlation. The etiology of thymoma with AA may be attributed to abnormal autoimmune CD8<sup>+</sup> T lymphocytes produced by the thymoma, which can also lead to other cytotoxic T-cell-mediated autoimmune diseases.
Authors
- Yeye Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6654-7701)
- Xintao Yu
- Xiayao Diao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7663-4304)
- Xuehan Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4841-570X)
- Chao Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2170-5096)
- Jian Cui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7677-9522)
- Ye Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0746-8381)
- Xin Du
- Shanqing Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2437-1108)
- Lei Yu
- Chao Gao
- Cheng Huang
Institutions
- Beijing Tongren Hospital (CN)
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancers
- Published
- 2025-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17162672
- Primary Topic
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
- Beijing Association for Science and Technology