Pseudothyrotoxic myopathy: a complication of thionamide therapy in hyperthyroidism.
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Burch, WM
Published in: South Med J
November 1979
A hyperthyroid patient treated with methimazole for three weeks developed proximal muscle weakness, myalgia, arthralgia, and fever, and thyrotoxic myopathy was diagnosed. The signs and symptoms spontaneously abated when antithyroid medication was discontinued. This case identified a complication of thionamide treatment mimicking thyrotoxic myopathy and points to the therapeutic necessity of making such a differentiation.
Duke Scholars
Published In
South Med J
ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
November 1979
Volume
72
Issue
11
Start / End Page
1494 / 1495
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Pain
- Muscular Diseases
- Methimazole
- Joint Diseases
- Hyperthyroidism
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Fever
- Female
- Diagnosis, Differential
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Burch, W. M. (1979). Pseudothyrotoxic myopathy: a complication of thionamide therapy in hyperthyroidism. South Med J, 72(11), 1494–1495.
Burch, W. M. “Pseudothyrotoxic myopathy: a complication of thionamide therapy in hyperthyroidism.” South Med J 72, no. 11 (November 1979): 1494–95.
Burch WM. Pseudothyrotoxic myopathy: a complication of thionamide therapy in hyperthyroidism. South Med J. 1979 Nov;72(11):1494–5.
Burch, W. M. “Pseudothyrotoxic myopathy: a complication of thionamide therapy in hyperthyroidism.” South Med J, vol. 72, no. 11, Nov. 1979, pp. 1494–95.
Burch WM. Pseudothyrotoxic myopathy: a complication of thionamide therapy in hyperthyroidism. South Med J. 1979 Nov;72(11):1494–1495.
Published In
South Med J
ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
November 1979
Volume
72
Issue
11
Start / End Page
1494 / 1495
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Pain
- Muscular Diseases
- Methimazole
- Joint Diseases
- Hyperthyroidism
- Humans
- General & Internal Medicine
- Fever
- Female
- Diagnosis, Differential