Emergency Caesarean Section Saved Both an Anti-MuSK Antibody-positive Myasthenia Gravis Mother with Pregnancy-induced Hypertension and Her Premature Baby

We herein report the case of a 46-year-old pregnant woman with anti-muscle specific kinase (MuSK) antibody-positive myasthenia gravis (MG) who showed pregnancy-induced hypertension and developed respiratory failure at 30 weeks and 5 days of pregnancy, and who underwent an emergency caesarean section...

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Autores principales: Takahashi, Yoshiaki, Yamashita, Toru, Morihara, Ryuta, Nakano, Yumiko, Sato, Kota, Takemoto, Mami, Hishikawa, Nozomi, Ohta, Yasuyuki, Hayata, Kei, Masuyama, Hisashi, Okamura, Tomoka, Washio, Yosuke, Abe, Koji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5790728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29033412
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8636-16
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Sumario:We herein report the case of a 46-year-old pregnant woman with anti-muscle specific kinase (MuSK) antibody-positive myasthenia gravis (MG) who showed pregnancy-induced hypertension and developed respiratory failure at 30 weeks and 5 days of pregnancy, and who underwent an emergency caesarean section (CS). Her MG symptoms gradually improved in the subsequent weeks. The premature baby with positive MuSK antibodies was successfully delivered, but the male baby required temporary artificial ventilation. However, his condition also gradually improved over time. The present case suggests that an emergency CS could rescue both the mother, who was in critical condition, and the prematurely born baby, even when suffering from acute respiratory insufficiency.

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