Although respiratory failure commonly occurs during the course of myasthenia gravis (MG),it is rarely described as the first presentation in patients with previously unrecognized MG.Here we reported one case of MG in ...Although respiratory failure commonly occurs during the course of myasthenia gravis (MG),it is rarely described as the first presentation in patients with previously unrecognized MG.Here we reported one case of MG in a 76-year-old man with the isolated respiratory failure as the first symptom.As illustrated by this case,it is important to consider neuromuscular disorders in cases of unexplained respiratory failure.展开更多
文摘Although respiratory failure commonly occurs during the course of myasthenia gravis (MG),it is rarely described as the first presentation in patients with previously unrecognized MG.Here we reported one case of MG in a 76-year-old man with the isolated respiratory failure as the first symptom.As illustrated by this case,it is important to consider neuromuscular disorders in cases of unexplained respiratory failure.