A Case Report of Conn's Myopathy.
10.12701/yujm.1987.4.1.133
- Author:
Bo Wan SUH
;
Khyoung Yhun O
;
Yeung Ju BYUN
;
Choong Suh PARK
;
Hong Jin KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adenoma;
Adrenal Glands;
Adult;
Female;
Humans;
Hyperaldosteronism;
Hypertension;
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis;
Korea;
Muscle Weakness;
Muscular Diseases*;
Rare Diseases
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
1987;4(1):133-137
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Myopathy in primary aldosteronism in relatively rare disease in Korea. A 42-year-old woman with hypokalemic periodic paralysis, proximal muscle weakness and hypertension was found to have myopathy associated with adenoma in the right adrenal gland. She showed marked elevation of muscle enzymes and myopathic pattern in EMG.
