Myopathy
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Etiology
- Alcoholism
- Endocrine: hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing’s syndrome
- Chronic hypokalemia
- Polymyositis
- Dermatomyositis
- HIV myopathy
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Muscular dystrophy, eg, Duchenne, Becker, limb-girdle, facioscapulohumeral (FSH)
- Myotonic dystrophy
- Myotonia congenita
- Inclusion body myositis
- Mitochondrial myopathy
- Sarcoidosis
- Drugs: corticosteroids, statins, clofibrate, colchicine, chloroquine, zidovudine, emetine, aminocaproic acid, bretylium, penicillamine, drugs causing hypokalemia
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Myopathy." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114840/all/Myopathy.
Zeiger RF. Myopathy. Diagnosaurus. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114840/all/Myopathy. Accessed September 19, 2019.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Myopathy. In Diagnosaurus. Available from https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114840/all/Myopathy
Zeiger RF. Myopathy [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2019 September 19]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114840/all/Myopathy.
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