Elevated aminotransferase as a presenting finding in a patient with occult muscle disease

T Begum; M R Oliver; A J Kornberg; X Dennett

doi:10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00456.x

Elevated aminotransferase as a presenting finding in a patient with occult muscle disease

J Paediatr Child Health. 2000 Apr;36(2):189-90. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00456.x.

Authors

T Begum¹, M R Oliver, A J Kornberg, X Dennett

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Gastroenterology, Neurology and Paediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital and State Neuropathology Service, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 10760024
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00456.x

Abstract

We report a patient with occult muscle disease who presented with raised serum aminotransaminases. This case report emphasises the importance of considering muscle disease in the differential diagnosis of raised serum aminotransaminases, as it may negate the need for invasive investigations such as liver biopsy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Alanine Transaminase / blood*
Aspartate Aminotransferases / blood*
Child, Preschool
Creatine Kinase / blood
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Muscular Diseases / diagnosis*
Muscular Diseases / enzymology*

Substances

Aspartate Aminotransferases
Alanine Transaminase
Creatine Kinase