Pure Ocular Weakness as the Initial Manifestation of Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome

Pure Ocular Weakness as the Initial Manifestation of Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome

Pure ocular presentation of Lambert-Eaton syndrome is not a common phenomenon. Such presentation poses significant diagnostic challenges and requires conscientious evaluation. In this review, we have described a case of a patient with pure ocular weakness, initially diagnosed as seronegative ocular myasthenia which on further evaluation was found to have ocular Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome...

Respiratory muscle weakness in the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.

Respiratory muscle function was assessed in six patients with the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Five had histologically proved small cell carcinoma of the lung; the sixth later developed metastases from an unknown primary site. Two patients had ventilatory failure, one without respiratory symptoms; another, who had emphysema, had dyspnoea and orthopnoea. The remaining three patients had no...

Oral contraceptive-related transverse sinus thrombosis as an initial manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome in the absence of systemic lupus erythematosus

Hemophagocytic syndrome as the initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus.

INTRODUCTION Hemophagocytic syndrome (HS) occurs in autoimmune diseases and belongs to the hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis group of diseases. This paper describes the features of 2 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who presented HS as the initial clinical manifestation. CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS Both patients had prolonged fever not associated to an infectious process and did no...

Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis as the Initial Manifestation of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis, an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, commonly involves the stomach and small intestine with eosinophilic infiltration. Here, we report an unusual case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis involving the entire digestive tract as a manifestation of hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). A 22-year-old woman presented to us with diarrhoea, pleural effusion, ascites and