Headache and Atypical Presentation of Motor Disorders in A Paraneoplastic Myasthenic Syndrome Secondary to Thymoma: A Case Report
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Gabriele Cioni 1 * , Mauro Zuccotti 1, Fabio Daviddi 1, Gianluca Buffini 1
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1 USL Toscana Centro, SS Cosma and Damiano Hospital, Emergency Department, Pescia (Pistoia), Italy
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Abstract

Objectives: The diagnosis of early onset of myasthenia gravis in the emergency room represents a real challenge, especially when symptoms of presentation are atypical and non-specific features.
Material and methods: We described a case of 33 years old woman who went to the Emergency Department of Pescia (Pistoia, Italy) for a spontaneous intense frontal headache associated with the presence of rhinolalia and unilateral shoulder girdle disorders, initially misdiagnosed.
Results: The atypical and initially mild presentation of the disease contributed to the delay in diagnosis; the progression of motor disturbances subsequently led to the definition of the clinical pattern. In particular, the patient showed AChR antibody positivity, associated with a thymoma.
Conclusions: Despite being a well-known pathology and widely described in the literature, myasthenia gravis at onset is still a difficult diagnosis in cases of atypical presentation or with infrequent symptoms.

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Article Type: Case Report

https://doi.org/10.29333/jcei/11704

J CLIN EXP INVEST, 2022 - Volume 13 Issue 2, Article No: em00794

Publication date: 09 Feb 2022

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