Rippling muscle disease

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Rippling muscle disease with myasthenia gravis

ORPHA:206575Disease

Also called Acquired rippling muscle disease · Immune-mediated rippling muscle disease

What it is

Rippling muscle disease with myasthenia gravis is a rare, acquired, neuromuscular disease characterized by CAV3 mutation-negative rippling muscle disease in association with acetylcholine receptor antibody-mediated myasthenia gravis. Patients typically present exercise-induced, electrically-silent muscle rippling with myalgia, in combination with generalized myasthenia gravis symptoms (ptosis, diplopia, neck weakness, dysphagia and dyspnea).

Key facts

Inheritance
Not applicable
Classified as
Disease

ICD-10 codes

G70.8filed under a broader ICD-10 category

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

Cross-references

MONDO 0016100UMLS C4749335

Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.

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