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  • Title: Dropped head as an unusual presenting sign of myasthenia gravis.
    Author: D'Amelio M, Di Benedetto N, Ragonese P, Daniele O, Brighina F, Fierro B, Savettieri G.
    Journal: Neurol Sci; 2007 Apr; 28(2):104-6. PubMed ID: 17464475.
    Abstract:
    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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