Myasthenia Gravis Complicated by M-proteinemia and Demyelinating Neuropathy: A Report of Two Cases
Kaiki Kawakita, Takuya Saito, Yoshiyuki Kondo, Tsuyoshi Uchiyama, Keishiro Sato · 2024
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Description
A muscle weakness disease that starts early in life can, in rare cases, come with blood and nerve problems many years later. Kaiki Kawakita and co-authors describe two such patients in this 2024 case report. Both people first got the muscle disease in their twenties and had surgery to remove a chest gland, then took immune-calming drugs for years.
In the first case, an odd blood protein and nerve damage appeared at age sixty-six, ahead of a blood cancer diagnosis. In the second case, nerve damage tied to that same type of blood protein appeared at the same age. The authors warn doctors to think of this nerve problem when leg or arm symptoms worsen in long-treated patients. Two cases cannot prove cause, but they flag a pattern worth watching.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kaiki Kawakita, Takuya Saito, Yoshiyuki Kondo, Tsuyoshi Uchiyama, Keishiro Sato |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |