Simultaneous Combined Myositis, Inflammatory Polyneuropathy, and Overlap Myasthenic Syndrome
Joint Authors
Magy, Laurent
Ghorab, Karima
Mathis, Stéphane
Richard, Laurence
Duchesne, Mathilde
Ciron, Jonathan
Corcia, Philippe
Vallat, Jean-Michel
Source
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Immune-mediated neuromuscular disorders include pathologies of the peripheral nervous system, neuromuscular junction, and muscles.
If overlap syndromes (or the association of almost two autoimmune disorders) are recognized, the simultaneous occurrence of several autoimmune neuromuscular disorders is rare.
We describe two patients presenting the simultaneous occurrence of inflammatory neuropathy, myositis, and myasthenia gravis (with positive acetylcholine receptor antibodies).
For each patient, we carried out a pathological analysis (nerve and muscle) and an electrophysiological study (and follow-up).
To our knowledge, this is the first description of such a triple immune-mediated neuromuscular syndrome.
We compared our observations with a few other cases of simultaneous diagnosis of two inflammatory neuromuscular disorders.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mathis, Stéphane& Magy, Laurent& Corcia, Philippe& Ghorab, Karima& Richard, Laurence& Ciron, Jonathan…[et al.]. 2016. Simultaneous Combined Myositis, Inflammatory Polyneuropathy, and Overlap Myasthenic Syndrome. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101304
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mathis, Stéphane…[et al.]. Simultaneous Combined Myositis, Inflammatory Polyneuropathy, and Overlap Myasthenic Syndrome. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101304
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mathis, Stéphane& Magy, Laurent& Corcia, Philippe& Ghorab, Karima& Richard, Laurence& Ciron, Jonathan…[et al.]. Simultaneous Combined Myositis, Inflammatory Polyneuropathy, and Overlap Myasthenic Syndrome. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101304
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101304