Journal article
Paradoxical lid elevation with sustained upgaze: A sign of lambert‐eaton syndrome
Muscle & nerve, Vol.14(9), pp.863-866
09/1991
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880140911
PMID: 1922182
Abstract
Myasthenia gravis and Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome are causes of acquired extraocular muscle weakness and ptosis. Exacerbation of ptosis after sustained upgaze is a clinically useful sign in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis. A 54‐year‐old woman with established Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome exhibited transient improvement of her ptosis after sustained upgaze. We suggest that paradoxical lid elevation after sustained upgaze may be a clinically useful sign in distinguishing Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome from myasthenia gravis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Paradoxical lid elevation with sustained upgaze: A sign of lambert‐eaton syndrome
- Creators
- Lenore A BreenLudwig GutmannJohn F BrickJack R Riggs
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Muscle & nerve, Vol.14(9), pp.863-866
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company; Hoboken
- DOI
- 10.1002/mus.880140911
- PMID
- 1922182
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
- eISSN
- 1097-4598
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/1991
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9984020785002771
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