Myasthenia gravis

Síndrome de cabeza caída en Miastenia gravis tras una infección por SARS-CoV2. Dropped head syndrome in Myasthenia gravis after a SARS‐CoV2 infection

Objective: To report a case with an unusual presentation of myasthenia gravis after a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and literature review.

Method: We report a case of a patient with head drop and a postsynaptic myasthenic syndrome after a SARS-CoV-2 infection and a retrospective review of the literature of all the reported cases of myasthenia gravis de novo associated with SARS-CoV2 infection from march-2020 to september-2022. Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and accompanying images or videos.

Conclusion: Myasthenia gravis could also be the result of an autoimmune re action triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Palabras clave: autoinmune, cabeza caída, Miastenia gravis, SARS-CoV2,

Keywords: autoimmune, dropped head, Myasthenia gravis, SARS-CoV-2,

Miastenia Gravis de Presentación Bulbar: Reporte de Caso y Revisión de Literatura. Myasthenia Gravis Of Bulbar Onset: Case Report And Review Of Literature.

Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular autoimmune disorder in which the predominant symptom is muscle weakness that fluctuates during the day and mainly affects the ocular and bulbar muscles. There is an intimate relationship between thymus abnormalities, the extirpation allows in many cases a better control of the disease and as long as they are resectable it must be part of the initial treatment. We present a case of a patient with myasthenia gravis and thymoma in whom the initial treatment was surgical.