[Myasthenia gravis should be considered in cases of Parkinson's disease and progressive dysphagia]

Nervenarzt. 2018 Apr;89(4):443-445. doi: 10.1007/s00115-017-0378-z.
[Article in German]

Abstract

We report on four consecutive patients with Parkinson's disease, in whom anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody positive bulbar myasthenia gravis (MG) turned out to be responsible for progressive dysphagia.

Keywords: Acetylcholine receptor antibody; Dysarthria; Dysphagia; Myasthenia gravis; Parkinson’s disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Deglutition Disorders / classification
  • Deglutition Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Deglutition Disorders / immunology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression*
  • Dysarthria / classification
  • Dysarthria / diagnosis
  • Dysarthria / immunology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myasthenia Gravis / classification
  • Myasthenia Gravis / diagnosis*
  • Myasthenia Gravis / immunology
  • Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital / classification
  • Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital / immunology
  • Parkinson Disease / classification
  • Parkinson Disease / diagnosis*
  • Parkinson Disease / immunology
  • Receptors, Cholinergic / immunology

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Receptors, Cholinergic

Supplementary concepts

  • Myasthenia, Limb-Girdle, Autoimmune