Open AccessA study of acute muscle dysfunction with particular reference to dengue myopathy
Author(s) -
Rajesh Verma,
Vikram V. Holla,
Vijay Kumar,
Amita Jain,
Nuzhat Husain,
Kiran Preet Malhotra,
Ravindra Kumar Garg,
Hardeep Singh Malhotra,
Praveen Sharma,
Neeraj Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.199914
Subject(s) - medicine , myopathy , myalgia , hyporeflexia , weakness , hypokalemia , rhabdomyolysis , muscle weakness , dengue fever , etiology , myositis , muscle biopsy , surgery , biopsy , pathology
Acute myopathy is a common cause of acute motor quadriparesis which has various etiologies with different courses of illness and prognosis depending on the cause. Understanding this diversity helps us in proper approach toward diagnosis, predicting the prognosis, and possible complications and in improving the treatments that are being provided. This study was planned to study the clinical, electrophysiological, and etiological profile of patients presenting with acute myopathy. We also studied how dengue-related acute myopathy differs from other causes and also difference between myopathy due to myositis and hypokalemia in cases of dengue.