A 90 year old man with difficulty swallowing and proximal muscle weakness

BMJ. 2012 Apr 4:344:e461. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e461.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Deglutition Disorders / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
  • Hand / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome / complications
  • Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Lower Extremity / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Muscle Weakness / etiology*
  • Myasthenia Gravis / diagnosis
  • Prednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Pyridostigmine Bromide / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Prednisolone
  • Pyridostigmine Bromide