title: Elevated aminotransferase as a presenting finding in a patient with occult muscle disease.
abstract: We report a patient with occult muscle disease who presented with raised serum aminotransaminases. This case report emphasises the importance of considering muscle disease in the differential diagnosis of raised serum aminotransaminases, as it may negate the need for invasive investigations such as liver biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterology, Neurology and Paediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital and State Neuropathology Service, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Begum
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kornberg
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dennett
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood*; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D003402:Creatine Kinase