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Myasthenia Gravis Masquerading as an Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Paralysis (Bell's Palsy)—A Very Rare and Unique Clinical Find
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an uncommon autoimmune neuromuscular junction disorder manifesting as fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles. To add to its repertoire of mimicking a wide range of neurological disorders, the present case report is, to the best of our knowledge, the very first to describe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7399091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32849192 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.00709 |
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author | Elnazeir, Marwa Narayanan, Siddharth Badugu, Pradeepthi Hussain, Abid Tareen, Tamour Hernandez, Alexi R. Liu, Wei Palade, Adriana E. Brown, Martin E. |
author_facet | Elnazeir, Marwa Narayanan, Siddharth Badugu, Pradeepthi Hussain, Abid Tareen, Tamour Hernandez, Alexi R. Liu, Wei Palade, Adriana E. Brown, Martin E. |
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description | Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an uncommon autoimmune neuromuscular junction disorder manifesting as fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles. To add to its repertoire of mimicking a wide range of neurological disorders, the present case report is, to the best of our knowledge, the very first to describe MG masquerading as an idiopathic unilateral facial paralysis (Bell's palsy, BP). Our case report is distinct, highlights a novel clinical occurrence, offers new insights of how different neurological disorders may overlap with each other, and reminds neurologists to have a very broad and thorough comprehension for effective diagnoses and treatment plans. Several other conditions that produce facial nerve palsy identical to BP have also been discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-73990912020-08-25 Myasthenia Gravis Masquerading as an Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Paralysis (Bell's Palsy)—A Very Rare and Unique Clinical Find Elnazeir, Marwa Narayanan, Siddharth Badugu, Pradeepthi Hussain, Abid Tareen, Tamour Hernandez, Alexi R. Liu, Wei Palade, Adriana E. Brown, Martin E. Front Neurol Neurology Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an uncommon autoimmune neuromuscular junction disorder manifesting as fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles. To add to its repertoire of mimicking a wide range of neurological disorders, the present case report is, to the best of our knowledge, the very first to describe MG masquerading as an idiopathic unilateral facial paralysis (Bell's palsy, BP). Our case report is distinct, highlights a novel clinical occurrence, offers new insights of how different neurological disorders may overlap with each other, and reminds neurologists to have a very broad and thorough comprehension for effective diagnoses and treatment plans. Several other conditions that produce facial nerve palsy identical to BP have also been discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7399091/ /pubmed/32849192 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.00709 Text en Copyright © 2020 Elnazeir, Narayanan, Badugu, Hussain, Tareen, Hernandez, Liu, Palade and Brown. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Elnazeir, Marwa Narayanan, Siddharth Badugu, Pradeepthi Hussain, Abid Tareen, Tamour Hernandez, Alexi R. Liu, Wei Palade, Adriana E. Brown, Martin E. Myasthenia Gravis Masquerading as an Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Paralysis (Bell's Palsy)—A Very Rare and Unique Clinical Find |
title | Myasthenia Gravis Masquerading as an Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Paralysis (Bell's Palsy)—A Very Rare and Unique Clinical Find |
title_full | Myasthenia Gravis Masquerading as an Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Paralysis (Bell's Palsy)—A Very Rare and Unique Clinical Find |
title_fullStr | Myasthenia Gravis Masquerading as an Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Paralysis (Bell's Palsy)—A Very Rare and Unique Clinical Find |
title_full_unstemmed | Myasthenia Gravis Masquerading as an Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Paralysis (Bell's Palsy)—A Very Rare and Unique Clinical Find |
title_short | Myasthenia Gravis Masquerading as an Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Paralysis (Bell's Palsy)—A Very Rare and Unique Clinical Find |
title_sort | myasthenia gravis masquerading as an idiopathic unilateral facial paralysis (bell's palsy)—a very rare and unique clinical find |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7399091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32849192 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.00709 |
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