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21404610

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
We reported two women (78 and 85 years of age) with dropped head syndrome caused by hypokalemic myopathy restricted to the posterior cervical muscles. Both presented with relatively rapid onset of severe neck extensor weakness. Needle EMG demonstrated myogenic changes in the cervical paraspinal muscles and there were high intensity signals in the posterior cervical muscles on the neck MRI. Dropped head syndrome resolved in both patients as potassium normalized. One of the patients relapsed 11 months later with recurrent hypokalemia, but recovered rapidly with supplementation of potassium. Focal myopathy localized in the posterior cervical muscles due to hypokalemia should be considered as one of the possible causes of dropped head syndrome.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0009-918X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
110-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
[Two cases with dropped head syndrome caused by hypokalemic myopathy].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Kansai Electric Power Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports