CLIMACTERIC OR "MENOPAUSAL" MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: REPORT OF A CASE
Authors: E G BALCHUM, M N TOWBIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Case Reports1 December 1952CLIMACTERIC OR "MENOPAUSAL" MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: REPORT OF A CASEELLEN G. BALCHUM, M.D., MILTON N. TOWBIN, M.D.ELLEN G. BALCHUM, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MILTON N. TOWBIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-6-1280 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptI. INTRODUCTIONA short time ago Shy and his co-workers in Montreal1clearly described, for the first time, the clinical features and response to cortisone therapy of a muscular disorder which first appears in the fifth or sixth decade of life. The terms "menopausal myopathy" or "menopausal muscular dystrophy" were coined by these investigators to describe a progressive, symmetrical weakness of the pelvic and shoulder girdle muscles. Patients with this disease characteristically complain of inability to rise from a chair unassisted, difficulty in climbing stairs, abrupt spontaneous falls and inability to raise the arms above the head. Since wasting is...Bibliography1. ShyMcEachern GMD: The clinical features and response to cortisone of menopausal muscular dystrophy, J. Neurol., Neurosurg. and Psychiat. 14: 101, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. ShyBrendlerRabinovichMcEachern GMSRD: Effects of cortisone in neuromuscular disorders, J. A. M. A. 144: 1353, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. RabinovichGibsonMcEachern RWCD: Neuromuscular disorders amenable to wheat germ oil therapy, J. Neurol., Neurosurg. and Psychiat. 14: 95, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Bramwell E: Observations of myopathy, Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. 16: 1, 1922. Google Scholar5. Barnes S: A myopathic family with hypertrophic, pseudohypertrophic, atrophic, and terminal (distal in upper extremities) stages, Brain 55: 1, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Nevin S: Two cases of muscular degeneration occurring in late adult life, with a review of the recorded cases of late progressive muscular dystrophy (late progressive myopathy), Quart. J. Med. 5: 51, 1936. Google Scholar7. Shy GM: Personal communication. Google Scholar8. McEachern D: Diseases and disorders of muscle function, Bull. New York Acad. Med. 27: 3, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. MalamudNelsonEvans NMMHM: The effect of chronic vitamin E deficiency on the nervous system in the rat, Ann. New York Acad. Sc. 52: 135, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Pappenheimer AM: Muscular disorders associated with deficiency of vitamin E, Physiol. Rev. 23: 37, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. Pappenheimer AM: The pathology of nutritional muscular dystrophy in young rats, Am. J. Path. 15: 179, 1939. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. ShyMcEachern GMD: Further studies of the effects of cortisone and ACTH on neurological disorders, Brain 74: 354, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Denver, Colorado*Received for publication March 3, 1952.From the Department of Medicine, the University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie „Menopause-Myopathien“Paralysis, Incoordination and Involuntary MovementsThe Menopause 1 December 1952Volume 37, Issue 6Page: 1280-1289KeywordsClimbingFallsMusclesMuscular dystrophiesShoulders Issue Published: 1 December 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...