Neuromyotonia in alcoholic patients with gastrectomy.
Four patients with severe muscle cramps were reported. In two of them the electrical signs of neuromyotonia were demonstrated. All the patients had undergone gastrectomy and all were immoderate consumers of alcohol. The neuromuscular disorder was reversible in all the patients.
Voiculescu
V
V
Institute of Neurology and Psychiatry, Bucharest, Romania.
Ionescu-Drincă
M
M
Vasilescu
C
C
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004576:Electromyography; D005207:Fasciculation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D011178:Postgastrectomy Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013035:Spasm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016750:Stiff-Person Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*