Brain stem compression by a giant vertebrobasilar aneurysm mimicking seronegative myasthenia

J Frisby; A Wills; T Jaspan

doi:10.1136/jnnp.71.1.125

Brain stem compression by a giant vertebrobasilar aneurysm mimicking seronegative myasthenia

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2001 Jul;71(1):125-6. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.71.1.125.

Authors

J Frisby¹, A Wills, T Jaspan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, University Hospital Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.

Abstract

A patient is described with a vertebrobasilar aneurysm who was erroneously thought to have myasthenia gravis on the basis of the clinical presentation and investigations, which were interpreted as supportive of a disorder of the neuromuscular junction. Despite the correct diagnosis being made at a late stage the patient made a full recovery after radiological intervention.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Stem / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Intracranial Aneurysm / pathology*
Intracranial Aneurysm / physiopathology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Myasthenia Gravis / blood*
Myasthenia Gravis / pathology*
Myasthenia Gravis / physiopathology
Nerve Compression Syndromes / pathology*
Nerve Compression Syndromes / physiopathology*
Vertebral Artery Dissection / pathology*
Vertebral Artery Dissection / physiopathology*