Graves' disease (GD) and ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) are autoimmune disorders which may occur in the same patient. Myasthenia gravis is 50 times more common in patients with Graves' disease when compared to the normal population. Typically, a patient may be diagnosed with one disorder and have no
Cerebellar degeneration and ocular myasthenia gravis in a patient with recurring ovarian carcinoma
β Scribed by Pietro Caliandro; Marco Luigetti; Enzo Ricci; Massimiliano Mirabella; Pietro Attilio Tonali; Luca Padua
- Publisher
- Springer Milan
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 149 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1590-1874
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## BACKGROUND. Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is a remote effect of cancer most frequently associated G t h carcinoma of the ovary or lung. In many patients, antibodies to Purkinje cells are found. Progressive, incapacitating cerebellar dysfunction occurs in most cases, and no treatme