Walsh & Hoyt: Other Endocrine Myopathies

Identifier wh_ch22_p1119
Title Walsh & Hoyt: Other Endocrine Myopathies
Creator Paul H. Phillips, MD
Affiliation University of Arkansas
Subject Ocular Motor System; Extraocular Muscles; Myopathies; Muscular Dystrophy; Ion Channel Disorders; Mitochondrial Myopathies; Encephalomyopathy; Other Endocrine Myopathies
Description Proximal muscle weakness is a common finding in patients with Cushings syndrome and can be caused both by hypokalemia and by a direct effect of cortisol on muscle cell protein turnover, producing atrophy. The diagnosis rests on the typical cushingoid habitus, normal serum CK levels, and elevated urinary 24-hour free cortisol levels. It remits with successful treatment of the underlying condition.
Date 2005
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition
Relation is Part of Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6qg229g
Setname ehsl_novel_whts
ID 185653
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qg229g
Back to Search Results