Dropped head as an unusual presenting sign of myasthenia gravis

Filippo Brighina; Paolo Ragonese; Marco D'Amelio; Giovanni Savettieri; Ornella Daniele; Brigida Fierro; Norma Di Benedetto

Dropped head as an unusual presenting sign of myasthenia gravis

Filippo Brighina, Paolo Ragonese, Marco D'Amelio, Giovanni Savettieri, Ornella Daniele, Brigida Fierro, Norma Di Benedetto

Biomedicina, Neuroscienze e Diagnostica avanzata

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Abstract

Prominent or isolated weakness of cervicalextensor muscles is a relatively rare clinical sign.Commonly, this is known as “dropped-head syndrome”.This abnormal flexion of the head may occur in a varietyof neuromuscular diseases and in a few non-neurologicaldisorders as well. The case we describe concerns a61-year-old woman with dropped-head syndrome as theunique complaint of myasthenia gravis

Lingua originale	English
pagine (da-a)	104-106
Rivista	Neurological Sciences
Volume	28(2)
Stato di pubblicazione	Published - 2007

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Dermatology
Clinical Neurology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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