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9711205

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
CASE REPORT: A 42-year-old man with a history of Billroth II-gastrectomy, chronic alcoholism, and malnutrition developed acute tetraparesis, two days before admission. He presented with bilateral, proximal upper and lower limb weakness, limb girdle wasting, bilaterally reduced Achilles tendon reflexes, and bilateral stocking-type sensory disturbances. Laboratory data revealed hypokalemia (2.2 mmol/L), elevated creatine kinase (7282 U/L), metabolic alkalosis and reduced urine potassium, albumin, and total protein. Muscle biopsy showed atrophic, necrotic, and regenerating fibers, endomysial macrophages, and vacuolar degeneration, interpreted as hypokalemic myopathy. With the correction of the serum potassium, tetraparesis rapidly resolved. With other causes excluded, malnutrition and gastrectomy were considered responsible for hypokalemia in this patient with acute tetraparesis and chronic alcoholism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0731-3810
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
369-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Malnutrition-induced hypokalemic myopathy in chronic alcoholism.
pubmed:affiliation
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Epilepsy and Neuromuscular Disorders, Vienna, Austria. FIJ@2NR.NKR.MAGWIEN.GV.AT
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't