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3436793

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
Muscle and joint pains and/or weakness are not usually stressed as central symptoms in hypothyroidism. Two cases of long-standing hypothyroidism presenting with prominent myopathic symptoms are described. The first patient presented with a 12-year history of proximal myopathy, arthropathy and skin abnormalities, and florid primary myxedema was diagnosed. No evidence for a systemic autoimmune process was found. The second patient had been treated with irradiation to the neck 23 years before admission and presented with clinical and laboratory signs of both proximal myopathy and hypothyroidism. Thyroid hormone replacement resulted in a complete recovery of all the musculoskeletal symptoms, with reversion to normal of the very high muscle enzyme levels in both patients. The cases presented illustrate that hypothyroidism can lead to the development of a variety of muscular, rheumatic and dermatologic syndromes easily confused with dermatomyositis or other collagen diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-2180
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1110-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Musculoskeletal symptoms as a presenting sign of long-standing hypothyroidism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine B, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports