Testosterone deficiency myopathy.
Testosterone is recognized to have a positive effect on nitrogen balance and muscle development in hypogonadal men, but significantly myopathy secondary to testosterone deficiency has been reported only rarely. We describe a patient who presented with a myopathy associated with testosterone deficiency, and who demonstrated a significant functional and myometric response to treatment.
Orrell
R W
RW
Academic Unit of Neuroscience, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London, England, UK.
Woodrow
D F
DF
Barrett
M C
MC
Press
M
M
Dick
D J
DJ
Rowe
R C
RC
Lane
R J
RJ
D000368:Aged; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D007006:Hypogonadism / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D004338:Drug Combinations; D013739:Testosterone