Digestive involvement in a patient with Lambert-Eaton syndrome

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2020 Jun;112(6):510-511. doi: 10.17235/reed.2020.6846/2019.

Abstract

We present the case of a 50-year-old male diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, secondary to thymoma or Lambert-Eaton syndrome during the study of repeated vomiting. Gastrointestinal symptoms persisted despite the treatment of the thymoma. He suffered from sigma volvulus that required sigmoidectomy 9 years after diagnosis. Neuromuscular junction disorders are not characterized by gastrointestinal involvement, as in our case. They have previously sporadically been related to intestinal motility dysfunction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myasthenia Gravis*