title: [Pseudomyasthenic pre-Basedow ophthalmoplegia].
abstract: A 67-year old woman presented with isolated and bilateral external ophthalmoplegia of the myasthenic type following a subacute course and resistant to anticholesterinases and corticosteroids. A biological hyperthyroidism with immunological markers was discovered. An intensive care of corticosteroids was partially effective, but fatal bone marrow aplasia attributed to carbimazole developed. Pure ophthalmoplegia without local signs of inflammation may be the sole manifestation of dysthyroid orbitopathy.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Neurologique, Hôpital Neurologique, Lyon.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rousselle
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Confavreux
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thivolet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moindrot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Orgiazzi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aimard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Ophtalmoplégie prébasedowienne pseudomyasthénique.