title: Hypothyroid myopathy mimicking postpolio syndrome.
abstract: Hypothyroidism can have diverse neurological manifestations. Myopathy may rarely be the sole manifestation of autoimmune thyroiditis. We hereby report an atypical manifestation of severe hypothyroidism in a middle-aged woman with childhood onset of paralytic polio involving her right leg presenting with a recent onset of increased weakness in the right leg mimicking postpolio syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. drrajeshverma32@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lalla
authors.forename: Ritesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sahu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000209:etiology*; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D016262:Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013974:Thyroxine; D002118:Calcium