Secondary causes of metabolic myopathies

What are secondary causes of metabolic myopathies?

  • A. Endocrine myopathies
    • • Acromegaly
    • • Carcinoid syndrome
    • • Cushing’s and Addison’s diseases
    • • Hyperaldosteronism
    • • Hyperparathyroidism
    • • Hyper- and hypo-thyroidism
  • B. Metabolic-nutritional myopathies
    • • Hepatic failure
    • • Malabsorption and periodic paralysis
    • • Uremia
    • • Vitamin D and E deficiencies
  • C. Electrolyte disorders
    • • Elevated or decreased levels of sodium, potassium, or calcium
    • • Hypomagnesemia
    • • Hypophosphatemia
  • D. Genetic muscle diseases (e.g. muscular dystrophies)
    • • Dystrophinopathies (Duchenne & Becker)
    • • Limb girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C-E, 2I, 2L, 2T)
    • • RYR1-related myopathies
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