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A Patient with Fulminant Myasthenia Gravis Is Seropositive for Both AChR and LRP4 Antibodies, Complicated by Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 3

Authors :
Noriyuki Matsukawa
Tatsuya Tomonari
Kotaro Mizuno
Keiko Mita
Asami Fujii
Hiroyasu Inoue
Osamu Higuchi
Kentaro Yamada
Masaya Akao
Source :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 59(17)
Publication Year :
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.

Details

ISSN :
13497235
Volume :
59
Issue :
17
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....c034b90e9084e98fe24aa6f16391c908