Acute myopathy following intra-muscular injection of compound betamethasone

Acute myopathy following intra-muscular injection of compound betamethasone

RATIONALE We report a case of acute steroid myopathy in a patient with eczema receiving one dose of intra-muscular injection of Compound betamethasone. PATIENT CONCERNS Acute steroid myopathy (ASM) is usually caused by exogenous corticosteroids, and typically, occurs with therapy using intravenous corticosteroids at high doses. DIAGNOSES The patient was considered as a diagnosis of acute st...

Nicolau syndrome in an athlete following intra-muscular diclofenac injection.

Nicolau Syndrome (also known as Embolia cutis medicamentosa and livedo-like dermatitis) is a rare but severe localized adverse drug reaction to a range of intra-muscular preparations. It manifests as acute pain, cutaneous, subcutaneous and intra-muscular inflammation and necrosis immediately following an injection, with potentially devastating sequelae. We describe the syndrome in a 21-year-old...

Annoying Hiccups following Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection of Betamethasone Acetate/Betamethasone Sodium Phosphate at the Knee Joint

Hiccups is a type of reflex that could happen secondary to different causes including drugs, especially systemic corticosteroids. Usually, high rather than regular doses of systemic steroids are incriminated, and this could explain the fact that very few cases of hiccups following regional corticosteroid treatment were reported. Here, we report the first case of hiccups in the English literatur...

Intra-Muscular Injection of Urea Stibamine

Betamethasone receptor levels following betamethasone administration.

Betamethasone (BM) receptor cncentrations in the liver cytosol from adrenalectomized rats treated with 0. 2 and 2 mg BM were measured and correlated with BM concentrations in the serum and liver. The BM levels in the serum, liver cytosol and nuclei changed in a parallel fashion. One hr after BM administration, serum BM reached a peak, then decreased gradually and was undetectable at 24-48 hr. T...