title: A patient with myasthenia gravis and a large arachnoid cyst - report of a case.
abstract: Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by weakening of voluntary muscles during the day and a marked restitution of function during the night and after rest. The symptoms may worsen over days or weeks, sometimes even in a few hours, and are usually well controlled by appropriate therapy. Arachnoid cysts are congenital or acquired deformities of the arachnoid membrane and are usually too small to cause distinct clinical symptomatology. We describe a case of a 76-year-old myasthenia gravis patient with an arachnoid cyst. To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case of these two comorbidities together.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Center of Rijeka, Kresimirova 42a, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia. bucukm@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bucuk
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Center of Rijeka, Kresimirova 42a, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gasparovic
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Center of Rijeka, Kresimirova 42a, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sonnenschein
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Center of Rijeka, Kresimirova 42a, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors.forename: Olivio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Perkovic
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Arachnoid cyst; Corticosteroids; Hemiparesis; Myasthenia gravis