Alternating IV nerve palsy and ptosis as a first sign of childhood ocular myasthenia gravis

Pediatr Neurol. 2015 Apr;52(4):460-1. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.12.004. Epub 2014 Dec 31.

Authors

Ariane Chappaz¹, Ursula Knirsch², Christina Gerth-Kahlert³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: christina.gerth-kahlert@usz.ch.

PMID: 25661284
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.12.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Blepharoptosis / diagnosis
Blepharoptosis / pathology*
Blepharoptosis / physiopathology
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Facial Paralysis / diagnosis
Facial Paralysis / pathology*
Facial Paralysis / physiopathology
Female
Humans
Myasthenia Gravis / diagnosis*
Myasthenia Gravis / pathology*
Myasthenia Gravis / physiopathology