title: Improvement in ocular myasthenia gravis during CPAP therapy for sleep apnea.
abstract: We describe the case of a 73-year-old male with a history of ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) who was followed through diagnosis and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Therapeutic use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) led to improvement of not only SDB but also OMG. To our knowledge, this is the first paper describing this treatment benefit. This case report emphasizes the need to obtain a sleep history in patients with ocular myasthenia gravis in order to screen for SDB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Saira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naseer
authors.forename: Victor O
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Kolade
authors.forename: Sarim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Idrees
authors.forename: Sidra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naseer
authors.forename: Anuj
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chandra
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000628:therapy*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000628:therapy*