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A case presenting with clinical features of ocular myasthenia and a false-positive edrophonium test is reported. Brain CT and MRI scan revealed a pineal region tumor histologically verified as germinoma. We recommend evaluating patients with clinical features of myasthenia gravis (MG) confined to the ocular muscles for intracranial mass lesions.
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Viene descritto un caso di tumore della regione pineale che presentava caratteristiche cliniche e farmacologiche (test all'edrofonio) di miastenia oculare.
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Fierro, B., Croce, G., Filosto, L. et al. Ocular pseudomyasthenia: Report of a case with a pineal region tumor. Ital J Neuro Sci 12, 593–596 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02336957
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