A Case of Overlap Myasthenic Syndrome.
- Author:
Dae Seung KIM
1
;
Sang Ho KIM
;
Sang Ik LEE
;
Kyu Hyun PARK
;
Sang Wook KIM
;
Dae Su JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Pusan National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Humans;
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome;
Myasthenia Gravis
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1990;8(2):393-400
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Myasthenia gravis (MG) differs from the Lambert-Eaton syndrome (LES) clinically, electrophysiologically, and therapeutically. However. There had been a few reports documenting the coexistence of MG and LES in the same patient, which is termed as "overlap myasthenic syndrome". We had studied a patient who had showed all the clinical characteristics of MG including positive response to pyridostigmin. Unlike the usual response in MG, there had been an abnormal incremental responses at post-exercise and high rate stimulation with abnormal decremental responses at low-rate stimulation in repetitive nerve stimulation test, which satisfies the diagnostic criteria of both MG as LES.
