Sood Anshul, Mishra Gaurav Vedprakash, Khandelwal Shreya, Manuja Nishtha, Suryadevara Manasa
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India 442001.
Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India 442001.
Radiol Case Rep. 2024 Nov 6;20(1):574-577. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2024.10.030. eCollection 2025 Jan.
Myasthenia gravis is an acquired neuromuscular disorder characterized by weakness of the extra-ocular muscles, which progresses to generalized weakness of the voluntary muscles and fatigability. The presented case is of a 70-year-old male patient who presented with complaints of drooping of bilateral eyelids and breathlessness and was diagnosed to have myasthenia gravis and thymic mass. It is uncommon for an elderly patient to present with thymic mass and myasthenia gravis concurrently.
重症肌无力是一种获得性神经肌肉疾病,其特征为眼外肌无力,进而发展为随意肌的全身性无力和易疲劳性。本文介绍的病例是一名70岁男性患者,他因双侧眼睑下垂和呼吸急促前来就诊,被诊断为重症肌无力和胸腺肿物。老年患者同时出现胸腺肿物和重症肌无力的情况并不常见。