Proximal muscle weakness in a 15-year-old boy

Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2008 Dec;15(4):186-9; discussion 189. doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2008.10.005.

Abstract

Proximal muscle weakness, often indicative of a myopathy, has a broad differential diagnosis in children. We present a case of an adolescent boy with proximal weakness and a mildly elevated creatine kinase. He was found to have spinal muscular atrophy type III rather than a myopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Creatine Kinase / blood
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Muscle Weakness / diagnosis*
  • Muscle Weakness / etiology
  • Muscular Diseases / complications
  • Muscular Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood / complications
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Creatine Kinase