title: Acute hypokalemic myopathy in alcoholism. A clinical entity.
abstract: Two cases of an acute myopathy without muscle pain, tenderness, or swelling are described in alcoholic patients. Both were associated with severe hypokalemia and were largely reversible with potassium repletion. Hypokalemia may be the cause of some cases of acute myopathy in alcoholism, particularly those in which muscle cramps are absent.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011188:Potassium / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011188:Potassium