Concomitant Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis and Polymyositis in a Child: A Case Report

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Main Author: Castro, Ana Costa e
Publication Date: 2021
Other Authors: Veríssimo, Marta, Martins, Andreia, Cabral, Marta, Luís, Catarina
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Download full: https://doi.org/10.25754/pjp.2021.20502
Summary: Acute muscle weakness is a major neurological emergency with a vast differential diagnosis. Even though inflammatory myopathies and myasthenia gravis are rare causes of acute muscle weakness, especially in children, there have been descriptions of coexistence of both diseases in adults, especially in association with thymoma. We report a case of a pediatric patient with concurrent MG and IM and comment on relevant features and difficulty in diagnosing both diseases.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Concomitant Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis and Polymyositis in a Child: A Case Report
title Concomitant Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis and Polymyositis in a Child: A Case Report
spellingShingle Concomitant Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis and Polymyositis in a Child: A Case Report
Castro, Ana Costa e
Case reports
title_short Concomitant Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis and Polymyositis in a Child: A Case Report
title_full Concomitant Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis and Polymyositis in a Child: A Case Report
title_fullStr Concomitant Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis and Polymyositis in a Child: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Concomitant Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis and Polymyositis in a Child: A Case Report
title_sort Concomitant Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis and Polymyositis in a Child: A Case Report
author Castro, Ana Costa e
author_facet Castro, Ana Costa e
Veríssimo, Marta
Martins, Andreia
Cabral, Marta
Luís, Catarina
author_role author
author2 Veríssimo, Marta
Martins, Andreia
Cabral, Marta
Luís, Catarina
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Castro, Ana Costa e
Veríssimo, Marta
Martins, Andreia
Cabral, Marta
Luís, Catarina
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topic Case reports
description Acute muscle weakness is a major neurological emergency with a vast differential diagnosis. Even though inflammatory myopathies and myasthenia gravis are rare causes of acute muscle weakness, especially in children, there have been descriptions of coexistence of both diseases in adults, especially in association with thymoma. We report a case of a pediatric patient with concurrent MG and IM and comment on relevant features and difficulty in diagnosing both diseases.
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