Sudden proximal paraparesis secondary to statin myositis

Pract Neurol. 2012 Dec;12(6):380-1. doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2012-000305.

Authors

Julien Lagarde¹, Corina Cret, Dalia Dimitri, Frédéric Klapczynski, Alain Améri

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Centre hospitalier de Meaux, Meaux cedex, France.

PMID: 23144302
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2012-000305

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
CD56 Antigen / metabolism
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / adverse effects
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism
Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
Myositis / chemically induced*
Myositis / complications*
Myositis / diagnostic imaging
Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules / metabolism
Paraparesis / complications*
Paraparesis / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

CD56 Antigen
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules