Yeungnam Univ J Med.  1987 Aug;4(1):133-137. 10.12701/yujm.1987.4.1.133.

A Case Report of Conn's Myopathy

Abstract

Myopathy in primary aldosteronism in relatively rare disease in Korea. A 42-year-old woman with hypokalemic periodic paralysis, proximal muscle weakness and hypertension was found to have myopathy associated with adenoma in the right adrenal gland. She showed marked elevation of muscle enzymes and myopathic pattern in EMG.


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Adenoma
Adrenal Glands
Adult
Female
Humans
Hyperaldosteronism
Hypertension
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
Korea
Muscle Weakness
Muscular Diseases*
Rare Diseases
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