Child Neurology: Common Occurrence of Narcolepsy Type 1 and Myasthenia Gravis

Neurology. 2024 Aug 13;103(3):e209598. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209598. Epub 2024 Jul 8.

Abstract

Narcolepsy with cataplexy and myasthenia gravis are both chronic neurologic conditions causing symptoms of muscle weakness, often affecting facial muscles, and have both been attributed to an immune-mediated etiology. We report an adolescent girl diagnosed with both conditions and discuss possible shared mechanisms and the diagnostic challenges presented by her case to inform and aid clinicians managing children and young people with these rare conditions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Myasthenia Gravis* / complications
  • Myasthenia Gravis* / diagnosis
  • Narcolepsy* / complications
  • Narcolepsy* / diagnosis

Supplementary concepts

  • Narcolepsy 1