Proximal weakness of the extremities as main feature of amyloid myopathy.
Authors:
- J H WokkeJWJ H Wokke
Open Access
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 50 (10) , 1353-1358
Abstract
Two patients with muscle weakness caused by amyloid myopathy are described. Characteristic features such as pseudohypertrophy and abnormal firmness, and tumours of muscles were absent. It is suggested that muscle weakness in amyloid myopathy is caused by layers of amyloid covering muscle fibres. In middle aged or elderly patients with proximal muscle weakness the diagnosis of amyloid myopathy should be considered.Keywords
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