Juvenile myasthenia gravis: an unusual presentation.
Myasthenia gravis is a disease characterized by muscular weakness and fatigability which afflicts 2-10 patients per 100,000 with 20% of cases presenting in childhood. Muscles innervated by cranial nerves are frequently involved with ptosis and diplopia being the most frequent presenting complaints. We review the literature and report a case of a 20-month-old infant presenting with inspiratory stridor and cyanosis, resembling foreign body aspiration.
Winter
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Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0312.
Koopmann
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D001980:Bronchi; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology*; D014132:Trachea