Myopathy In An Alcoholic Patient
Myopathy In An Alcoholic Patient
Keywords:
Alcohol , Myopathy, Creatine phosphokinaseAbstract
Aim :- To describe a patient with elevated creatine kinase , the cause of which is not encountered commonly. The CPK level of a blood sample obtained in the laboratory was found to be very high . When investigated it was found to be of a patient who presented to emergency after taking Alcohol for 5 days without food.The patient was being diagnosed with alcoholic myopathy.Alcoholic myopathy is not well recognized condition and should be considered in such patient presenting with muscle weakness.
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3. Burtis A.Carl, Ashwood .R Edward :Clinical enzymology, Tietz’s Textbook of clinical chemistry , 3rd edition , USA,W.B.saunders company.1999 , pg 658.
4. Hed , R., Landmark , C., Fahlgren, H., and Orell, S . Acta Medica Scandinavia, 1962,171, 585.
5. Perkoff, G.T., Dioso , M.M ., Bleisch,V., and Klinkerfuss , G ..Annals of internal medicine ,1967, 67, 481.
6. Ekbom, K., Hed , R., Kirstein , L., and Astrom,K .Archives of neurology ,1964,10 ,449.
7. O’Brien .E.T., Goldstraw .P.,Alcoholic myopathy, British Medical Journal,1969,4, 785- 786.
8. Singh S, Sharma A, Sharma S, Sud A, Wanchu A, Bambery P. Acute alcoholic myopathy , rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure: a case report. Neurol India ,2000 ; 48: 84.
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10. Preedy VR , Crabb DW, Farre’s J ,Emery PW: Alcoholic myopathy and acetaldehyde. Novartis Found Symp.2007; 285: 158-77; Discussion 177-82, 198-9. PMID : 17590994
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2013-02-28
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Kamal, D. S., & Ul Haque, D. M. (2013). Myopathy In An Alcoholic Patient: Myopathy In An Alcoholic Patient. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 4(1), 144–146. Retrieved from http://nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/njirm/article/view/461
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