An Adult Patient with Ocular Myasthenia and Unusually Long Spontaneous Remission
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 ocul...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-29cce8ddb9324e5683f6f52ee31c1d512025-02-03T00:59:22ZengWileyCase Reports in Neurological Medicine2090-66682090-66762014-01-01201410.1155/2014/372769372769An Adult Patient with Ocular Myasthenia and Unusually Long Spontaneous RemissionJasem Al-Hashel0Hanaa M. Rashad1Rossen T. Rousseff2Department of Neurology, Ibn Sina Hospital, P.O. Box 25427, 13115 Safat, KuwaitDepartment of Neurology, Ibn Sina Hospital, P.O. Box 25427, 13115 Safat, KuwaitDepartment of Neurology, Ibn Sina Hospital, P.O. Box 25427, 13115 Safat, KuwaitA 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/372769 |
| spellingShingle | Jasem Al-Hashel Hanaa M. Rashad Rossen T. Rousseff An Adult Patient with Ocular Myasthenia and Unusually Long Spontaneous Remission Case Reports in Neurological Medicine |
| title | An Adult Patient with Ocular Myasthenia and Unusually Long Spontaneous Remission |
| title_full | An Adult Patient with Ocular Myasthenia and Unusually Long Spontaneous Remission |
| title_fullStr | An Adult Patient with Ocular Myasthenia and Unusually Long Spontaneous Remission |
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| title_short | An Adult Patient with Ocular Myasthenia and Unusually Long Spontaneous Remission |
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