Pure Ocular Weakness as the Initial Manifestation of Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome

Pure ocular presentation of Lambert–Eaton syndrome is not a common phenomenon. Such presentation poses significant diagnostic challenges and requires conscientious evaluation. In this review, we have described a case of a patient with pure ocular weakness, initially diagnosed as seronegative ocular...

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Autores principales: Katyal, Nakul, Govindarajan, Raghav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29507855
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2007
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description Pure ocular presentation of Lambert–Eaton syndrome is not a common phenomenon. Such presentation poses significant diagnostic challenges and requires conscientious evaluation. In this review, we have described a case of a patient with pure ocular weakness, initially diagnosed as seronegative ocular myasthenia which on further evaluation was found to have ocular Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS).
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spelling pubmed-58324012018-03-05 Pure Ocular Weakness as the Initial Manifestation of Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Katyal, Nakul Govindarajan, Raghav Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Pure ocular presentation of Lambert–Eaton syndrome is not a common phenomenon. Such presentation poses significant diagnostic challenges and requires conscientious evaluation. In this review, we have described a case of a patient with pure ocular weakness, initially diagnosed as seronegative ocular myasthenia which on further evaluation was found to have ocular Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS). Cureus 2017-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5832401/ /pubmed/29507855 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2007 Text en Copyright © 2017, Katyal et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Pure Ocular Weakness as the Initial Manifestation of Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
title Pure Ocular Weakness as the Initial Manifestation of Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
title_full Pure Ocular Weakness as the Initial Manifestation of Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
title_fullStr Pure Ocular Weakness as the Initial Manifestation of Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Pure Ocular Weakness as the Initial Manifestation of Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
title_short Pure Ocular Weakness as the Initial Manifestation of Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
title_sort pure ocular weakness as the initial manifestation of lambert–eaton myasthenic syndrome
topic Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29507855
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2007
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