Profound muscle weakness and hypokalemia due to clay ingestion.
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Severance, HW; Holt, T; Patrone, NA; Chapman, L
Published in: South Med J
February 1988
We have presented the case of a 43-year-old woman with severe myositis due to clay ingestion and hypokalemia. EMG studies revealed a pattern consistent with myositis, and muscle biopsy showed a nonspecific diffuse myositis. The clay was shown to act as a potassium binder. With potassium replacement and discontinuance of clay ingestion, the symptoms and signs abated and laboratory values returned to normal.
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South Med J
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ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
February 1988
Volume
81
Issue
2
Start / End Page
272 / 274
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Pica
- Myositis
- Muscles
- Hypokalemia
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Female
- Electromyography
- Clay
- Aluminum Silicates
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Severance, H. W., Holt, T., Patrone, N. A., & Chapman, L. (1988). Profound muscle weakness and hypokalemia due to clay ingestion. South Med J, 81(2), 272–274. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198802000-00033
Severance, H. W., T. Holt, N. A. Patrone, and L. Chapman. “Profound muscle weakness and hypokalemia due to clay ingestion.” South Med J 81, no. 2 (February 1988): 272–74. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198802000-00033.
Severance HW, Holt T, Patrone NA, Chapman L. Profound muscle weakness and hypokalemia due to clay ingestion. South Med J. 1988 Feb;81(2):272–4.
Severance, H. W., et al. “Profound muscle weakness and hypokalemia due to clay ingestion.” South Med J, vol. 81, no. 2, Feb. 1988, pp. 272–74. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00007611-198802000-00033.
Severance HW, Holt T, Patrone NA, Chapman L. Profound muscle weakness and hypokalemia due to clay ingestion. South Med J. 1988 Feb;81(2):272–274.
Published In
South Med J
DOI
ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
February 1988
Volume
81
Issue
2
Start / End Page
272 / 274
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Pica
- Myositis
- Muscles
- Hypokalemia
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Female
- Electromyography
- Clay
- Aluminum Silicates