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Postexercise reflex facilitation in Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome by Mervyn Poh; Yeo Chong Ming; Patricia Cheong Yanni; Gee Jin Ng; Yong Howe Ho; Kalpana Prasad; Umapathi Thirugnanam is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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A 62-year-old woman had 6 months of proximal weakness, fatigue and occasional diplopia, symptoms normally suggesting myasthenia gravis or inflammatory myopathy. Postexercise reflex facilitation is a bedside clinical sign that points to a diagnosis of the rarer alternative, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS). We confirmed this diagnosis using electrodiagnostic short exercise testing and serum assay for voltage-gated calcium channel antibodies. Further investigation identified a small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gallbladder, not previously associated with LEMS. Postexercise reflex facilitation is an important bedside clinical finding that helps clinicians to distinguish LEMS from its mimics.
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- Author
- Mervyn Poh; Yeo Chong Ming; Patricia Cheong Yanni; Gee Jin Ng; Yong Howe Ho; Kalpana Prasad; Umapathi Thirugnanam
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)