We have studied, in 150 patients undergoing elective oral surgery, the effectiveness and sequelae of pretreatment with rocuronium for reducing myalgia after suxamethonium. Patients were allocated randomly to one of three groups: anaesthesia was induced with propofol and fentanyl, and group V received vecuronium 1 mg, group R rocuronium 6 mg and group P placebo pretreatment. Suxamethonium 1.5 mg...

A case of a renal transplant recipient with colchicine-induced myopathy is presented. He was on colchicine therapy for 10 months. He was hospitalized for investigation of fatigue, severe myalgia in the lower extremities and elevated serum aminotransferase levels. His viral markers and other factors that may cause myalgia and that may increase the serum aminotransferase levels were either normal...

Background: Today, Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is used to manage many psychiatric illnesses. Although this treatment is safe and effective, sometimes it may cause frequent, short-term complications. Objectives: We investigated ECT-related side effects in the recovery ward of an academic hospital in Iran. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Shafa Hospital on...

Protracted febrile myalgia syndrome (PFMS) is a rare manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever characterized by prolonged severe myalgia. We herein describe a case of PFMS with fasciitis on magnetic resonance imaging. The response to corticosteroid therapy was prompt, as is typical for PFMS. An MEFV gene analysis revealed the patient to be homozygous for E148Q and compound heterozygous for ...

Three patients with skin or muscle biopsy evidence of small vessel vasculitis presented with neurological symptoms: (1) frequent transient ischaemic attacks, (2) myalgia with encephalopathy, and (3) myalgia with marked weakness. The diagnosis of small vessel vasculitis needs consideration especially if presentation with polyneuropathy or cutaneous involvement is associated with elevation of ESR...

Myopathy, which clinically shows muscular pain (myalgia), weakness, cramps, stiffness and spasm, is one of neuromuscular disorders due to inflammation and/or dysfunction of muscle fibers. “Myositis”, which is a general term for inflammation of the muscle, is pathologically an inflammatory myopathy seen seen mainly in autoimmune disorders including dermatomyositis (DM). The myopathy is classifie...

GCA is an inflammatory vasculopathy involving medium and large vessels. Among the most commonly affected vessels are the temporal artery (“temporal arteritis”) and the extra-cranial branches of the carotid artery. However, GCA may also affect the aorta and its major branches, and thus should not be thought of solely as a cranial vasculitis. The diagnosis of GCA may be challenging due to its pro...

OBJECTIVE We previously reported that near infrared (NIR) irradiation weakens frontalis muscle contraction resulting in brow ptosis. In addition, NIR irradiation non-thermally long-lasting thinning of the panniculus carnosus muscle in rats. We sought to determine whether NIR irradiation affects contraction of the corrugator supercilii muscle (CSM). METHODS Three to 5 rounds of NIR irradiation...

BACKGROUND Myalgia, defined as any pain perceived in muscle, is very common in the general population and a frequent cause for referral to neurologists, rheumatologists and internists in general. It is however only rarely due to primary muscle disease and often referred from ligaments, joints, bones, the peripheral and central nervous system. A muscle biopsy should only be performed if this is ...

We report a 13-year-old girl with Graves disease, who showed an increased level of serum creatine kinase (CK) accompanied by myalgia after methimazole (MMI) treatment. This patient developed muscular pain two weeks after MMI administration, along with increased CK levels. The level of thyroid hormone was within the normal range when she showed increased CK levels. After the MMI dose was decreas...