title: Exercise-induced myalgia in hypothyroidism.
abstract: Recurrent rhabdomyolysis is very uncommon in hypothyroid myopathy. A 30-year-old woman is reported, who presented with exercise-induced myalgias and high levels of serum creatine kinase but no muscle weakness. Muscle biopsy showed signs of a recurrent rhabdomyolysis. Hypothyroidism was diagnosed by serum hormone levels. The myopathy rapidly improved with thyroxine treatment.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Baur-Institut bei der Medizinischen und Neurologischen Klinik, Klinikum Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lochmüller
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Reimers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heuss
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Müller-Höcker
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Pongratz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010146:Pain / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003402:Creatine Kinase