Dysthyroid and myasthenic myopathy of the medial rectus: a clinical pathologic report.
A patient with simultaneous involvement of the right medial rectus by dysthyroid and myasthenic myopathy is presented. These abnormalities were confirmed by a positive Tensilon test, computerized tomography demonstrating an enlarged right medial rectus, and a right medial rectus muscle biopsy demonstrating histopathology typical of both diseases.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology