Lacomis D, Smith T W, Chad D A
Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655.
Muscle Nerve. 1993 Jan;16(1):84-90. doi: 10.1002/mus.880160114.
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.
