Myaesthenia Gravis
February 15th, 2021
Overview
Patients with myaesthenic syndromes exhibit muscle fatigability, or the inability to maintain contraction of muscles over time.
Signs of Myaesthenia Gravis
Skeletal Muscle Fatiguability
- Simpson's test - ptosis on sustained upward gaze
- Peek sign - inability to maintain sustained eye closure
- Bulbar fatiguability - development of nasal speech with reading
- Proximal muscle fatigability - inability to maintain arms above the head
Signs of Management
- Thymectomy scar
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