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Acute myopathy and neuropathy in status asthmaticus: case report and literature review
D Lacomis1, T W Smith, D A Chad
1Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655.
Muscle & Nerve
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
A 38-year-old woman developed acute, severe weakness during the treatment of status asthmaticus that included high-dose intravenous corticosteroids. A muscle biopsy and EMG indicated a myopathy, and nerve conduction studies disclosed a neuropathic component. In association with corticosteroid tapering, the clinical, EMG, and nerve conduction abnormalities resolved. In some patients, intensive treatment of status asthmaticus may cause a reversible, toxic disorder of muscle and nerve.