Işık Kübra, Morkavuk Gülin, Odabaşı Zeki
Ufuk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey.
Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Department of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey.
Noro Psikiyatr Ars. 2023 May 17;60(2):185-187. doi: 10.29399/npa.28007. eCollection 2023.
Dropped head is an abnormal forward flexion of the cervical spine. Patients can straighten their heads with support. This condition, which is seen as neck extensor muscle weakness, is defined as 'head ptosis' or 'dropped head syndrome' and is seen in various central and neuromuscular diseases. Myasthenia gravis, inflammatory myopathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, facio-scapulo-humeral dystrophy, nemaline myopathy, carnitine deficiency and spinal muscular atrophy are some of the neuromuscular diseases seen in dropped head cases. We aimed to present 3 different cases with a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis, inflammatory myopathy, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis presenting with dropped head.
低头是颈椎的一种异常前屈。患者在支撑下能够伸直头部。这种情况被视为颈部伸肌肌无力，被定义为“头部下垂”或“低头综合征”，见于各种中枢性和神经肌肉疾病。重症肌无力、炎性肌病、肌萎缩侧索硬化症、面肩肱型肌营养不良症、杆状肌病、肉碱缺乏症和脊髓性肌萎缩症是低头病例中可见的一些神经肌肉疾病。我们旨在介绍3例分别诊断为重症肌无力、炎性肌病和肌萎缩侧索硬化症且伴有低头症状的不同病例。
