An Adult Patient with Ocular Myasthenia and Unusually Long Spontaneous Remission
Joint Authors
Rousseff, Rossen T.
Rashad, Hanaa M.
al-Hashel, Jasem Yousef
Source
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-04-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A male patient developed ocular myasthenia gravis (MG) at the age of 33.
He was anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody (anti-AChR Ab) negative.
He received cholinesterase blocker for 5 months and went into a complete clinical remission that lasted untreated for 17 years.
He relapsed recently with ocular symptoms only.
He is now anti-AChR Ab positive and SFEMG is abnormal in a facial muscle.
The patient is controlled with steroids.
He had one of the longest spontaneous remissions reported in the natural history of MG, particularly unusual for an adult with the disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Hashel, Jasem Yousef& Rashad, Hanaa M.& Rousseff, Rossen T.. 2014. An Adult Patient with Ocular Myasthenia and Unusually Long Spontaneous Remission. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466881
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Hashel, Jasem Yousef…[et al.]. An Adult Patient with Ocular Myasthenia and Unusually Long Spontaneous Remission. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466881
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Hashel, Jasem Yousef& Rashad, Hanaa M.& Rousseff, Rossen T.. An Adult Patient with Ocular Myasthenia and Unusually Long Spontaneous Remission. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466881
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-466881
