Abrupt onset of muscle dysfunction after treatment for Grave's disease: a case report
Hernán Martínez, Jé.; Sánchez, A.; Torres, O.; Palermo, C.; Santiago, Mónica.; Figueroa, C.; Trinidad, R.; Mangual, M.; Gutierrez, M.; González, E.; Miranda, Mía.de.Lourdes.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 106(1): 40-42
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 24791363 Document Number: 702290
Myopathy is a known complication of hypothyroidism, commonly characterized by an elevation in Creatine Kinase (CPK) due to increase capillary permeability proportional to the hypothyroid state. Thyroid hormone is important for the expression of fast myofibrillar proteins in the muscle. In hypothyroidism the expression of these proteins are deficient and there is an increase accumulation of slow myofibrillar proteins. A rapid or abrupt descend in thyroid hormones caused by radioiodine therapy after prolonged hyperthyroidism can lead to local hypothyroid state within the muscle tissue, resulting in CPK elevation and hypothyroid myopathy. Hormone replacement leads to resolution of symptoms and normalization of muscle enzymes serum levels.
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