Myasthenia Gravis as a Cause of Head Drop in Parkinson Disease

被引：19

作者：

Uludag, Irem Fatma ^{[1
]}

Korucuk, Meltem ^{[1
]}

Sener, Ufuk ^{[1
]}

Zorlu, Yasar ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Izmir Tepecik Educ & Res Hosp, Dept Neurol, Izmir, Turkey

来源：

NEUROLOGIST | 2011年 / 17卷 / 03期

关键词：

myasthenia gravis; Parkinson disease; head drop;

D O I：

10.1097/NRL.0b013e3182173356

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Head drop is characterized by marked anterior flexion of the cervical spine. As a result, the affected patient presents with the head tilted forward and the chin resting on the chest. We report a 75-year-old male patient with parkinsonism and head drop caused by isolated myasthenic weakness of the neck extensor muscles. Our case is the second report of isolated head drop as a presenting symptom of myasthenia gravis in a patient with parkinsonism.

引用

页码：144 / 146

页数：3

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