Myasthenia Gravis Presenting as Isolated Respiratory Failure: A Case Report

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is often complicated by respiratory failure, known as a myasthenic crisis. However, most of the patients who develop respiratory symptoms do so during the late course of disease and have other neurological signs and symptoms. However, in some patients respiratory failure is th...

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Autores principales: Kim, Won Hee, Kim, Jung Hyun, Kim, Eun Kyung, Yun, Sang Pil, Kim, Kyung Keun, Kim, Won Chan, Jeong, Hye Cheol
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2829406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20195411
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2010.25.1.101
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Sumario:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is often complicated by respiratory failure, known as a myasthenic crisis. However, most of the patients who develop respiratory symptoms do so during the late course of disease and have other neurological signs and symptoms. However, in some patients respiratory failure is the initial presenting symptom. We report the case of a 68-year-old woman with MG who presented with isolated respiratory failure as her first presenting symptom. As illustrated by this case, it is important to consider neuromuscular disorders in cases of unexplained respiratory failure.

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