Dropped head sign as the only symptom of myasthenia gravis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 743-746

  Yaguchi, Hiroaki ^a   Takei, Asako ^b   Honma, Sanae ^b   Yamashita, Isao ^b   Doi, Shizuki ^c   Hamada, Takeshi ^b  

^a Kushiro Rousai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Hokuyukai Neurology Hospital   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dropped head sign; Edrophonium test; Myasthenia gravis; Neck extensor muscles; Single fiber electromyogram

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; EDROPHONIUM; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; EDROPHONIUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTURE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34250176579     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6167     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Saito T. Dropped head syndrome due to neuromuscular diseases. Neurological Medicine 51: 13-19, 1999 (in Japanese).
2. Katz JS, Wolfe GI, Burns DK, Bryan WW, Fleckenstein JL, Barohn RJ. Isolated neck extensor myopathy: a common cause of dropped head syndrome. Neurology 46: 917-921, 1996.
3. Puruckherr M, Pooyan P, Dube D, Byrd RP, Roy TM. The dropped head sign: an unusual presenting feature of myasthenia gravis. Neuromuscul Disord 14: 378-379, 2004.
4. Grob D, Brunner NG, Namba T. The natural course of myasthenia gravis and effect of therapeutic measures. Ann N Y Acad Sci 377: 652-669, 1981.
5. Rodolico C, Messina S, Toscano A, Vita G, Gaeta M. Axial myopathy in myasthenia: a misleading cause of dropped head. Muscle Nerve 29: 329-330, 2004.