Home > Journals > International Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery

International Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Submit your article Read this Journals View all journals
Full Text (PDF)
Case Report

Myasthenia Gravis and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy in the Same Patient: A Clinical Rarity

Borah Tridip Jyoti, Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya 793012, India. , Das Sumit1 , Borah Tridip Jyoti2 , Hussain Musharraf3 , Dey Samarjit4

Author Information

Licence:



International Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery 10(3):p 277-279, Jul-Sep 2018. | DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijnns.0975.0223.10318.23

How Cite This Article:

Timeline

Received : N/A         Accepted : N/A          Published : N/A

Abstract

  We report a 23 year old female who concomitantly developed Chronic inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) with Myasthenia gravis (MG). She initially presented with slowly progressing proximal and distal weakness in all four limbs with areflexia and elevated CSF protein. Electrophysiological studies confirmed the diagnosis of CIDP and started on corticosteroids and immunodulators. However, two months into treatment, her condition deterioted and she presented to emergency department with bilateral ptosis, breathing difficulty, dysphagia and no improvement in motor power. High titres of AchR antibodies, presence of ophthalmoplegia along with neostigmine test confirmed the concomitant diagnosis of MG with CIDP. Steroids along with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors were used to treat MG. Coexistence of two autoimmune disorders in the same patient can be a diagnostic labyrinth which can delay diagnosis and treatment. 

Keywords: Myasthenia Gravis; Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating.

References

No records found.


About this article

Cite this article

Licence:



Received Accepted Published
N/A N/A N/A
DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijnns.0975.0223.10318.23

Keywords


Article Level Metrics

Last Updated

Wednesday 17 June 2026, 19:13:47 (IST)

977

Accesses

2
226
00

Citations


NA
NA
NA

Download citation


Article Keywords

Keyword Highlighting

Highlight selected keywords in the article text.


Timeline

Received N/A
Accepted N/A
Published N/A

licence




Access this article

Reprint Order Form
Buy this Article
Institutional Subscriptions

Share