MuSK Antibody Positive Myasthenia Gravis Mimicking as Myositis
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A BSTRACT Most common neuromuscular junction disorder is Myasthenia gravis (MG) which has variable clinical presentations. Diplopia and drooping of eyelids are the peculiarity of myasthenia gravis. Commonly disease manifests as a fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles. Although respiratory symptoms may be the initial presenting complaint in a few patients, usually it develops during the later part of the disease course. The initial presentation of isolated prominent respiratory distress is a relatively rare presentation of myasthenia gravis unless accompanied by other clinical features. We report a 40-year-old female patient, who visited our hospital with presenting complaints of breathlessness and generalized myalgia and subsequently developed fatigable weakness during hospitalization.
Authors: Nilesh Wagh, Ajit P. Mishra, Srikant K. Sahoo, Lulup K. Sahoo, Tanaya Mishra
Institution: Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402580060