Recurrent anterior hip dislocation in a patient with myasthenia gravis: a case report

Abstract

Traumatic anterior hip dislocation is a rare condition compared to posterior dislocation and recurrent anterior hip dislocation is encountered even less. Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease characterized by various degrees of muscle weakness. Closed reduction is the first choice of treatment for traumatic, non-recurring hip dislocation. We report a 59-year-old female with myasthenia gravis who underwent surgical intervention for recurrent anterior hip dislocation after failure of closed reduction. To our knowledge, this is the first case with recurrent anterior hip dislocation and myasthenia gravis in the literature.

Keywords

• Closed reduction
• myasthenia gravis
• recurrent anterior hip dislocation

Miyastenia gravisli hastada tekrarlayanöne kalça çıkığı: Olgu sunumu

Abstract

Travmatik öne kalça çıkığı, arka çıkıklara göre nadir rastlanılan bir durumdur. Tekrarlayan öne kalça çıkığına ise daha da nadir rastlanır. Myastenia gravis ise değişik derecede kas güçsüzlüğü ile karekterize kronik otoimmün bir nöromüsküler hastalıktır. Tekrarlayan kalça çıkığı gibi istisnai durumlar hariç travmatik kalça çıkığında ilk seçenek kapalı redüksiyondur. Bu yazıda, 59 yaşında 30 yıl önce myaste­nia gravis tanısı almış ve tedavisi devam edilen bir kadın hastada, tekrarlayan ve kapalı olarak redükte edilemeyen anterior kalça çıkığı nedeniyle cerrahi tedavi gerektiren vaka sunuldu. Myastenia gravisli hastada tekrarlayan öne kalça çıkığı olgusunun literatürde daha önce hiç yayınlanmamış olduğunu saptadık.

Keywords

• Myastenia gravis; tekrarlayan öne kalça çıkığı.

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