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Progressive wasting of muscle tissues

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Medical condition

Amyotrophy
Specialty	Neurology

Amyotrophy is progressive wasting of muscle tissues. Muscle pain is also a symptom. It can occur in middle-aged males with type 2 diabetes. It also occurs with motor neuron disease.

Differential diagnosis

The following are considered differential diagnosis for amyotrophy:

compressive and infective causes of polyradiculopathy
structural disc diseases
chronic demyelinating neuropathies

References

Zaidi, Syed Amir; Chhetri, Suresh Kumar; Lekwuwa, Godwin; Majeed, Tahir (2013-02-04). "An unusual presentation of diabetic amyotrophy: myoclonus". BMJ Case Reports. 2013: bcr2012008245. doi:10.1136/bcr-2012-008245. ISSN 1757-790X. PMC 3604390. PMID 23386493.

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Classification	D ICD-10: G71.8 ICD-9-CM: 728.2 MeSH: D009133 DiseasesDB: 29472

v t e Symptoms and conditions relating to muscle
Pain	Myalgia Fibromyalgia Acute Delayed onset
Inflammation	Myositis Pyomyositis Myoedema (Hypothyroid myopathy)
Destruction	Muscle weakness Rhabdomyolysis Muscle atrophy/Amyotrophy
Low ATP reservoir	Muscle fatigue Exercise intolerance Myogenic hyperuricemia Dynamic symptoms (exercise-induced) Inappropriate rapid heart rate response to exercise (tachycardia) Exaggerated cardiorespiratory response to exercise (tachycardia with tachypnea and/or hyperpnea (exercise hyperventilation)) Hitting the wall Second wind (Metabolic myopathies Diabetes Hypothyroid myopathy Hyperthyroid myopathy Hypoparathyroidism Hypokalemia Hypoxic muscle Pseudohypoxia Intermittent claudication Scurvy Fasting / Starvation Alcoholism)
Abnormal movement	Muscle cramp Myokymia Muscle spasm Fasciculations Muscle contracture Fibrosis Adhesion Myotonia Muscle channelopathies Pseudo-myotonia (Brody myopathy) Spasticity Rippling muscle disease Periodic paralysis Hypotonia / Hypertonia
Other	Myositis ossificans Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva Compartment syndrome Anterior Diastasis of muscle Diastasis recti Pseudoathletic appearance (Muscle hyperplasia / Muscle hypertrophy / Pseudohypertrophy)

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