A Case of Steroid Myopathy

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 11(3); 1993 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1993;11(3): 462-466.

스테로이드성 근육병 1예

이상수, 정중택,한문구,한설희

충북대학교 신경과.

A Case of Steroid Myopathy

Sang-Soo Lee, M.D., Joong-Taek Jung, M.D., Moon-Koo Han, M.D., Seul-Hee Han, M.D.

Department of Neurology, College of Medicine Choongbook National University

Abstract

Steroid mvopathy is a skeletal muscle disease that develops in condition both endogenous and exogenous glucocorticoid excess and is characterized by muscle weakness. Myalgia, and wasting. The onset is usually insidious and the distribution of weakness is primarily proximal uith the legs more severely involved than the arms; cranial-nerve-in nervated muscles and sphin＊ers are usually spared. We report a 60-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis uho was managed by prednisone and dexamethasone over 20 years and showed progressive lower limb weakness afterwards.

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