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Description: Photograph of the patient showing right partial ptosis. The left lid shows compensatory pseudo lid retraction because of equal innervation of the levator palpabrae superioris (Herring's law). b. Post tensilon test: Note the improvement in ptosis.
Title: Myasthenia gravis ptosis reversal
Credit: Rare association of thymoma, myasthenia gravis and sarcoidosis : a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2008;2:245. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-2-245
Author: Mohankumar Kurukumbi, Roger L Weir, Janaki Kalyanam, Mansoor Nasim, Annapurni Jayam-Trouth.
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