Respiratory dysfunction as first presentation of myasthenia gravis misdiagnosed as COVID-19.
Neurol Sci
; 41(12): 3419-3421, 2020 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-871488
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had profound impact on health care not only for its direct effects, but also because it deeply influenced the whole clinical practice and diagnostic pathways, particularly in the acute setting. CASE REPORT We present the case of a patient with respiratory dysfunction due to myasthenia gravis (MG) initially misdiagnosed as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection due to ambiguity in the interpretation of radiological and microbiological findings during COVID-19 pandemic.DISCUSSION:
Respiratory dysfunction as first clinical manifestation of myasthenia gravis is rare, but potentially very harmful. Emergency physicians should always consider neurological diseases when dyspnea cannot be explained by cardiac or respiratory causes.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Respiration Disorders
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Coronavirus Infections
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Diagnostic Errors
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Pandemics
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Myasthenia Gravis
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Neurol Sci
Journal subject:
Neurology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S10072-020-04826-3
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