Prominent or isolated weakness of cervical extensor muscles is a relatively rare clinical sign. Commonly, this is known as “dropped-head syndrome”. This abnormal flexion of the head may occur in a variety of neuromuscular diseases and in a few non-neurological disorders as well. The case we describe concerns a 61-year-old woman with dropped-head syndrome as the unique complaint of myasthenia gravis
D'AMELIO M, DI BENEDETTO N, RAGONESE P, DANIELE O, BRIGHINA F, FIERRO B, et al. (2007). Dropped head as an unusual presenting sign of myasthenia gravis. NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 28(2), 104-106 [10.1007/s10072-007-0796-y].
Dropped head as an unusual presenting sign of myasthenia gravis
D'AMELIO, Marco;DI BENEDETTO, Norma;RAGONESE, Paolo;DANIELE, Ornella;BRIGHINA, Filippo;FIERRO, Brigida;SAVETTIERI, Giovanni
2007-01-01
Abstract
Prominent or isolated weakness of cervical extensor muscles is a relatively rare clinical sign. Commonly, this is known as “dropped-head syndrome”. This abnormal flexion of the head may occur in a variety of neuromuscular diseases and in a few non-neurological disorders as well. The case we describe concerns a 61-year-old woman with dropped-head syndrome as the unique complaint of myasthenia gravis
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