Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018
Statin induced de-novo late onset myasthenia gravis after coronary bypass surgery
Himanshu Arora, Arun Mohanty, Samhita Panda, Sandeep Parekh
Abstract :
Drug induced myasthenia gravis is a rare clinical presentation of late onset myasthenia gravis. We report a case of a 58–year–old gentleman who was prescribed high dose rosuvastatin after undergoing coronary artery bypass graft for acute coronary syndrome. He developed fluctuating oculobulbar weakness within one month of initiation of statin and was diagnosed as having myasthenia gravis. Remission was achieved after rosuvastatin was stopped along with immunomodulation. This case highlights that use of statins can induce or aggravate myasthenia gravis in susceptible patients.
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statins rosuvastatin myasthenia gravis acetylcholine receptor antibody coronary artery disease
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DOI : https://www.doi.org/10.36106/paripex
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Himanshu Arora, Arun Mohanty, Samhita Panda, Sandeep Parekh, Statin induced de-novo late onset myasthenia gravis after coronary bypass surgery, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-7 | July-2018
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Himanshu Arora, Arun Mohanty, Samhita Panda, Sandeep Parekh, Statin induced de-novo late onset myasthenia gravis after coronary bypass surgery, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-7 | July-2018