| Literature DB >> 24792021 |
Uduman Ali Mohamed Yousuf1, B M Yashodhara, Thevi Thanigasalam, Heng Siang Ting.
Abstract
A 58-year-old man presented with diplopia and partial ptosis for 10 years. It was non-progressive in nature, despite inadequate medical attention the patient received from non-specialists/general practitioners. He did not have fatigability or diurnal variation in weakness and was clinically stable without exacerbations of disease for a decade. He did not have features of Graves's disease, oculopharyngeal dystrophy, cranial nerve paralysis, polymyositis and stroke. The possibility of an atypical presentation of myasthenia gravis (MG) was considered and the patient was evaluated. Ice pack test was negative, Cogan's lid twitch (CLT) test was positive and high titres of acetylcholine receptor antibodies (AChR Ab) suggestive of MG were found. He was treated accordingly with a very good response.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24792021 PMCID: PMC4024570 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-203488
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X