Bergin PS, Gale AN. Complex neuromuscular disorder in a patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia.
Postgrad Med J 1993;
69:312-4. [PMID:
8321800 PMCID:
PMC2399670 DOI:
10.1136/pgmj.69.810.312]
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Abstract
We report a 44 year old man who developed external ophthalmoplegia and predominantly respiratory, truncal and bulbar weakness with brisk reflexes, histological evidence of an inflammatory myopathy and a high titre of acetylcholine receptor antibodies, one month after starting hydroxyurea and allopurinol for chronic myeloid leukaemia. The temporal relationship suggests a possible association between this patient's unusual neuromuscular disorder and either the chronic myeloid leukaemia or its treatment.
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