[A case of thymoma with an increased sensitivity to pancuronium]

Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi. 1990 Jun;38(6):1059-62.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

It is well-known that anesthesia and surgery may precipitate muscle weakness in the patients with myasthenia gravis and some patient were not recognized as myasthenia until such episodes. A 74-year-old woman with increased sensitivity to pancuronium who, in spite of the very high titer of anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies, showed no clinical manifestation of myasthenia gravis before operation. And computed tomographies revealed the presence of a thymoma in her anterior mediastinum. Although we have performed extended thymectomy, ptosis appeared 4 month after the operation. This patient might be called as "premyasthenic state" or "subclinical MG".

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autoantibodies / analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Muscle Hypotonia / chemically induced
  • Myasthenia Gravis / complications
  • Myasthenia Gravis / immunology
  • Pancuronium / adverse effects*
  • Receptors, Cholinergic / immunology
  • Thymoma / complications*
  • Thymoma / diagnosis
  • Thymus Neoplasms / complications*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / diagnosis

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Receptors, Cholinergic
  • Pancuronium