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9623335

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-4
pubmed:abstractText
A 54 year old waiter was referred to the hospital because of proximal muscle weakness, most pronounced in his legs, which progressed to an inability to stand or walk within weeks. Myopathy was diagnosed based on the muscle biopsy findings and myositis was ruled out by laboratory and biopsy results. Further investigations led us to exclude an endocrine cause, hypovitaminosis D, infectious myopathy or a paraneoplastic syndrome. Heteroanamnesis revealed severe alcoholism, lasting for more than 30 years. The presumed alcohol induced hepatopathy was confirmed by liver biopsy. There were no signs of an acute alcoholic myopathy, as the weakness had developed rather insidiously, there was no elevation of the CK serum level nor myoglobinuria and a type 2 fibre atrophy was found by muscle biopsy. As expected the weakness improved under abstention. Thus the final diagnosis of a chronic alcohol induced myopathy was established.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1661-8157
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
630-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-6-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[Immobilizing muscle weakness accentuated in leg and proximal muscles].
pubmed:affiliation
Medizinische Klinik, Stadtspital Waid, Zürich.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports