Introduction: This case report aims to describe an emergency condition of myasthenia gravis in a young adult with myasthenic crisis due infected bronchiectasis. The highlight this was the risk factor and best management patient episode. Case Description: A 28-years-old male early-onset generalized came as first month his therapy. concomitant bronchiectasis, which predicted underlying cause. cau...

A forty-nine-year-old female patient, complaining of swallowing difficulties and general fatigue, was admitted to the first hospital of Nippon Medical School. At the age of 32, she was operated on for the removal of a well encapsulated non-invasive thymoma. Since then, she had been well till the age of 46, when chest X-ray films showed a recurrent thymoma which was excised together with the com...

A 34-year-old man was diagnosed with thymoma, which was evaluated preoperatively as stage II or III, with myasthenia gravis (MG). The size of the tumor was 70 × 44 × 80 mm. No invasion to neighboring organs was observed. Prednisolone was prescribed for stabilization of MG. However, a myasthenic crisis (MC) occurred, and intensive care, including emergent endobronchial intubation followed by art...

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The history of the development of knowledge of myasthenia gravis is reviewed. Clinical profiles of the immune and non-immune mediated forms of myasthenia are discussed. The current theory of pathogenesis is reviewed. Tests used to diagnose myasthenia gravis, and their comparative diagnostic yields are presented. Past and current modalities of treatment are reviewed. Future therapeutic stra...

BACKGROUND Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease involving the formation of antibodies against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Thymectomy is the treatment in MG patients with thymoma. We report a case of an MG patient who developed postthymectomy bilateral pneumothoraces after the placement of a subclavian central venous catheter. CASE REPORT The 21-year-old patient with MG u...

Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder caused by autoantibodies against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor on the postsynaptic membrane at the neuromuscular junction and characterised by weakness and fatigability of the voluntary muscles. It has a bimodal peak of incidence with first peak in the third decade and the second peak in the sixth decade. It is probably underdiagnosed in the ve...