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Prominent or isolated weakness of cervical extensor muscles is a relatively rare clinical sign. Commonly, this is known as “dropped-head syndrome”. This abnormal flexion of the head may occur in a variety of neuromuscular diseases and in a few non-neurological disorders as well. The case we describe concerns a 61-year-old woman with dropped-head syndrome as the unique complaint of myasthenia gravis.
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D'Amelio, M., Di Benedetto, N., Ragonese, P. et al. Dropped head as an unusual presenting sign of myasthenia gravis. Neurol Sci 28, 104–106 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-007-0796-y
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-007-0796-y