ISOLATED UNILATERAL NONPAINFUL FOOT DROP AS A PRIMARY SYMPTOM IN A PATIENT WITH UNDIAGNOSED MYASTHENIA GRAVIS AND THYMOMA

Abstract

Ιn this report we discuss a patient’s case with unilateral nonpainful foot drop as the only primary symp-
tom (lasting approximately two months) upon visiting the neurologist. The reporting later of new symp-
toms which appeared and were exacerbated under warm conditions (mild weakness, fatigue and nonpain-
ful masseter muscle's claudication that exacerbated difficulty in chewing food and dysarthria), were the
signs that led to this diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis. A mid-thoracic tumor (thymoma) was also discovered
following a CT scan.