目的 探讨重症肌无力(MG)患者嗅觉功能及其与临床特征的相关性.方法 利用T&T嗅觉检测法对自2014年3-7月在天津医科大学总医院神经内科确诊的61例重症肌无力患者和32名健康对照进行嗅觉检测,收集MG患者临床信息,利用Spearman相关性分析嗅觉功能与临床特征的相关性.结果 重症肌无力患者嗅觉识别阈为(2.07±1.56),健康对照嗅觉识别阈为(0.31±1.25),二者差异具有统计学意义(t=5.50,P<0.01),Spearman相关分析显示重症肌无力患者嗅觉水平与病程(r =0.348,P=1.006)、疾病严重程度定量(QMG)评分(r=0.393,P=0.025)、每日生存活动等级(ADL)评分(r=0.421,P=0.01)和累计服用溴吡斯的明的时间(r=0.295,P=0.025)呈正相关;与累计服用泼尼松时间(r=0.084,P=0.053)、服用免疫抑制剂时间(r=0.153,P=0.251)无相关性.结论 重症肌无力患者存在嗅觉功能下降,提示重症肌无力患者可能存在不可忽视的非运动功能损害.
Objective To explore the olfactory function of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) and analyze the correlation between olfactory dysfunction and clinical characteristics.Methods A total of 61 MG patients from March to July 2014 and 32 healthy controls (HC) received T&T olfactometer test.Their clinical data were collected.And the relationship of T&T score and clinical characteristics were analyzed.Results The identification threshold of T&T olfactometer test was (2.07 ± 1.56) versus (0.31 ±1.25) for healthy controls.MG patients had a worse performance on olfaction test than healthy controls (t =5.50,P 〈 0.01).By Spearman's analysis,disease course (r =1.348,P =0.006),QMG scores (r =0.393,P =0.025),ADL scores (r =0.421,P =0.01) and dosing time of pyridostigmine (r =0.295,P=0.025) were positively correlated with T&T scores.However,the dosing times of prednisone (r =0.084,P =0.053) or immunodepressants (r =0.153,P =0.251) were not correlated with T&T scores.Conclusion MG patients have poor olfactory sensation.And a potential involvement of non-motor system shall attract the attention of neurologists.