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Acquired rippling muscle disease with myasthenia gravis
Author(s) -
Greenberg Steven A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.10494
Subject(s) - myasthenia gravis , rippling , neuromuscular disease , medicine , muscle disease , disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pathology , computer science , programming language
Rippling muscle disease (RMD) is a rare disorder that occurs in both familial and sporadic forms. Seven patients have previously been reported with myasthenia gravis and sporadic RMD. There have been conflicting reports of the electrophysiological characteristics of rippling muscles in this acquired form. Another such patient is reported, and the clinical, electrophysiological, and laboratory features of this disorder are described. In addition, this patient had alopecia areata and recurrent metastatic thymoma, years after resection of a benign thymoma. This report emphasizes the clinical manifestations of RMD in association with myasthenia gravis (RMD‐MG), and its distinctive features, in this and previously reported patients. Muscle Nerve 29: 143–146, 2004