title: Ocular myasthenia gravis accompanied by anosmia.
abstract: We report a case of ocular myasthenia gravis (MG) accompanied by anosmia. A 76-year-old man had idiopathic anosmia of 2-year duration. Four months before consultation, he began to have drooping in the right upper eyelid along with muscle soreness, distension, and pain in the nape. His tongue was dark-red with a thin and white coating; his pulse was wiry and slippery. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, eyelid drooping and anosmia are the main signs of liver constraint and spleen deficiency. In Western Medicine, the diagnosis was ocular MG and idiopathic anosmia. Our patient, along with the literature, suggests that anosmia may be an early symptom before MG. MG accompanied by anosmia could be a special subtype of MG according to antibody production and symptoms.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000857:Olfaction Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis