Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein 4-Positive Myasthenia Gravis in a Double-Seronegative, Electromyography-Negative Patient.

J Neuroophthalmol

Department of Ophthalmology (JMK), Hadassah Medical Center, Kiryat Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel; Neuroimmunology and Cell Therapy Unit (DK, PP), Neurology Department, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; and Department of Neurobiology (PZ), Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Greece and Tzartos NeuroDiagnostics, Athens, Greece.

Published: September 2017

We describe a patient with ocular myasthenia gravis, where single-fiber electromyography and testing for acetylcholine receptor and muscle-specific kinase antibodies were negative. However, antibodies to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (LRP4) were positive, and this prompted appropriate management. We recommend that testing for LRP4 antibodies be considered when the clinical suspicion for myasthenia gravis is high despite negative conventional diagnostic tests.

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