Inoue H, et al. Intern Med 2020.
ABSTRACT
This article describes the first reported case of myasthenia gravis (MG) seropositive for both acetylcholine receptor antibody and low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 antibody, complicated by autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS) type 3. The patient exhibited myasthenic weakness restricted to the ocular muscles and ptosis. Severe clinical deterioration ensued with predominant bulbar symptoms. MG rapidly worsened, the patient was intubated, and agranulocytosis due to thiamazole was also present, so it was necessary to perform thyroidectomy with tracheostomy and thymectomy in two phases. Both the double-seropositive MG and the APS were involved in the patient's rapid deterioration.
PMID:32461531 | DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.4708-20
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3246153 ... 28&v=2.8.0
