A Diagnosis Made by 'Facilitation'

J Assoc Physicians India. 2015 Dec;63(12):80-82.

Abstract

Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome is a presynaptic neuromuscular junction disorder, which has unique features on electrodiagnostic testing. Here we describe a middle aged lady with symmetric, progressive, areflexic weakness in lower limbs, who had the typical electrodiagnostic findings of diffuse attenuation of motor amplitudes, and increase in these amplitudes after brief exercise of the muscle sampled.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials / physiology*
  • Adult
  • Electrodiagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Muscle, Skeletal / physiopathology*
  • Neural Conduction*
  • Sensation / physiology*