A Case of Acute Alcoholic Myopathy with Paraparesis and Myoglobinuric Renal Failure

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 11(2); 1993 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1993;11(2): 277-280.

하지마비, 급성신부전증을 초래한 급성알콜성근육병증 1예

한문강, 조병석,박성규,박찬권,백상현

대전을지병원 신경과, 내과.

A Case of Acute Alcoholic Myopathy with Paraparesis and Myoglobinuric Renal Failure

Moon-Gang Han, M.D., Byeung-Seok Cho, M.D., Seong-Kyu Park, M.D., Chan-Geun Park, M.D., Sang-Hyun Baik, M.D.

Department of Neurology and Internal Medicine, Daechun Eulji Hospital

Abstract

Acute alcoholic myopathy presented with paraparesis, myoglobinuria. And acute renal failure is an uncommon complication of alcoholism. A 34-year-old man had been a heavy alcohol drinker for a year, complained of sudden lower extremity weal;ness and swelling after heavy drinking. On examination, lower extremity was swollen and unable to move. Laboratory data showed markedly elevated GOT, LDH, CK, and myoglobinuria. Initial electrodiagnostic study was indefinite for diagnosis of myopathy and biopsy of the quadriceps muscle showed slight increased eosinophilia of sarcoplasm. But in followup study, myopathic findings and degeneration becarne apparent in electromyography and blopsy.