[Pubmed] Myasthenia gravis with tongue muscle atrophy: A case series

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Heliyon. 2024 Apr 19;10(9):e30015. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30015. eCollection 2024 May 15.

ABSTRACT

Here, we presented 6 patients who were admitted to our institution and diagnosed as myasthenia gravis (MG) with tongue muscle atrophy. All these 6 patients developed symptoms of bulbar muscle weakness in acetylcholine receptor antibodies positive MG (AChR-MG) (3/6), muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase antibodies positive MG (MuSK-MG) (1/6), and sero-negative MG (2/6). Most of patients had "triple-furrowed" tongue except for patient 2 with irregular atrophy of tongue muscle. Tongue muscle atrophy occurs in patients with MuSK-MG, AChR-MG, and sero-negative MG. Atrophied tongue muscles of five patients with MG were reversible after immunotherapy.

PMID:38707411 | PMC:PMC11066395 | DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30015


Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3870741 ... t9+e462414