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Diagnosis of Tensilon-Negative Ocular Myasthenia Gravis By Daily Selfie.
The initial symptoms of myasthenia gravis are usually ptosis and diplopia. The diagnosis is often confirmed by testing for anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies or by observing the effects of intravenous edrophonium (Tensilon) injection. However, these standard tests may be negative in patients with isolated ocular findings. We present the case of an 83-year-old woman with negative serologic a...
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The concomitant intravenous administration of Tensilon during tonography was performed on a group of 15 myasthenic patients and ten "control" subjects, including patients with oculoparesis of known cause other than myasthenia. The myasthenic group uniformly responded with increases of intraocular pressure. There was no instance of this response in nonmyasthenic subjects when challenged with Ten...
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there are many tests for diagnosis of myasthenia gravis including tensilon test and ice test.to compare the ice test with tensilon test in sub jects with myasthenic and nonmyasthenic ptosis a process research study was designed. this study was performed in patients complaining of acquired ptosis in the neuro-ophthalmology center of farabi hospital. all 156 patients were tested with ice pack and...
متن کاملIce pack test in myasthenia gravis.
*Assistant Professor, **Professor & Head, Department of Medicine, Dr. RP Govt. Medical College, Tanda, Himachal Pradesh Received: 02.04.2010; Revised: 02.11.2010; Accepted: 13.03.2013 A 38 year o ld female presented with difficulty in chewing and swallowing, drooping of both eye lids, early fatigability of upper limbs during lifting of objects and on sustained effort for five months duration. S...
متن کاملThymectomy in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis
A case of myasthenia gravis in a 15 years old girl is pre·sented. The disease was present for 5 years before thymectomy was performed. Indications for thymectomy, preoperative preparation, anesthetic and surgical management is -discussed.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcy173