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Revista Médica Electrónica
On-line version ISSN 1684-1824
Abstract
GARCIA ODIO, Amado Antonio; RAVELO NAPOLES, Samara; RIVES GONZALEZ, Yanisel and ALVAREZ BOLIVAR, Daymeris. Pregnant woman with ocular myasthenia gravis. A case report. Rev.Med.Electrón. [online]. 2017, vol.39, n.2, pp. 338-345. ISSN 1684-1824.
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease of the motor end-plate of the striated muscle, characterized by fluctuant muscular fatigue and weakness. Its prevalence is around 5 cases per 100 000 persons. The reported patient presented symptoms limiting the muscles near the eye. This entity is named ocular myasthenia gravis. Its incidence in pregnancy is infrequent. It is reported the case of a female patient, aged 23 years, attended in the Infertility Consultation of the municipality Isla de la Juventud. The case was consulted with several medical specialties. The delivery was produced by emergency cesarean section, applying regional anesthesia, due to the worrying fetal status. The newborn had good apgar score and weight. Mother and child showed satisfactory evolution during the postpartum period.
Keywords : ocular myasthenia gravis; pre-natal care; pregnant women.