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Thyrotoxic myopathy is usually diagnosed by a neurologist who has extensive experience diagnosing neuromuscular disorders. There are many types of neuromuscular disorders that present similar physical symptoms. Extensive clinical tests are performed first to determine if there is a neuromuscular disorder and then to determine which disorder it is.
In medicine, myopathy is a disease of the muscle [1] in which the muscle fibers do not function properly. Myopathy means muscle disease ( Greek : myo- muscle + patheia -pathy : suffering ). This meaning implies that the primary defect is within the muscle, as opposed to the nerves (" neuropathies " or " neurogenic " disorders) or elsewhere (e.g ...
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a rare condition featuring attacks of muscle weakness in the presence of hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland). Hypokalemia (a decreased potassium level in the blood) is usually present during attacks.
Amiodarone induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) is a form of hyperthyroidism due to treatment with antiarrhythmic drug, amiodarone. Amiodarone induced thyroid dysfunction more commonly results in hypothyroidism, estimated to occur in 6-32% of patients, whereas hyperthyroidism from amiodarone use is estimated at 1-12%. [1]
It is also known as myasthenic syndrome, Eaton–Lambert syndrome, and when related to cancer, carcinomatous myopathy. [ 2 ] Around 60% of those with LEMS have an underlying malignancy , most commonly small-cell lung cancer (SCLC); it is therefore regarded as a paraneoplastic syndrome (a condition that arises as a result of cancer elsewhere in ...
Thyrotoxicosis factitia (alimentary thyrotoxicosis, exogenous thyrotoxicosis) [1] [2] is a condition of thyrotoxicosis caused by the ingestion [3] of exogenous thyroid hormone. [4] [5] It can be the result of mistaken ingestion of excess drugs, such as levothyroxine [6] and triiodothyronine, [7] or as a symptom of Munchausen syndrome.
Late-onset distal myopathy, Markesbery-Griggs type Zaspopathy has an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance . Zaspopathy , [ 1 ] also called ZASP-related myofibril myopathy , [ 2 ] is a novel autosomal dominant [ 3 ] form of progressive muscular dystrophy , first described in 2005.
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