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See Latest ArticlesDecompensating esophoria as the presenting feature of myasthenia gravis
Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus , 07/01/09
Arblaster GE et al. - This results in impairment of muscular excitation, which appears clinically as fatigable muscle weakness. Weakness of the extraocular muscles occurs in nearly 90% of all myasthenics at disease onset, with ptosis being the most common presenting feature. Myasthenia gravis affecting one or a combination of the extraocular muscles without ptosis is less common; however, cases such as bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia without ptosis have been described in the literature. The authors present a case in which decompensating esophoria was the presenting feature of myasthenia gravis.
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