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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Dropped head as an unusual presenting sign of myasthenia gravis.

Marco D'amelioBrigida FierroOrnella DanielePaolo RagoneseN Di BenedettoGiovanni SavettieriFilippo Brighina

subject

medicine.medical_specialtyWeaknessNeurologyAbnormal flexionDermatologyNeck MusclesMyasthenia GravismedicineHumansNeuroradiologyMuscle Weaknessbusiness.industryGeneral MedicineRecovery of FunctionMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseDermatologyMagnetic Resonance ImagingMyasthenia gravisPsychiatry and Mental healthTreatment OutcomeDropped headCervical VertebraeFemaleNeurology (clinical)NeurosurgeryCholinesterase Inhibitorsmedicine.symptombusinessHeadSign (mathematics)Pyridostigmine Bromide

description

Prominent or isolated weakness of cervical extensor 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 variety of neuromuscular diseases and in a few non-neurological disorders as well. The case we describe concerns a 61-year-old woman with dropped-head syndrome as the unique complaint of myasthenia gravis.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2007-04-01Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
10.1007/s10072-007-0796-yhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17464475