Asymptomatic hyperCKemia during a two‑year monitoring period: A case report and literature overview

  • Authors:
    • Spyridon Klinis
    • Athanasios Symeonidis
    • Dimitrios Karanasios
    • Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis
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  • Published online on: November 30, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2016.822
  • Pages: 79-82
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Abstract

High creatine kinase (CK) levels can be associated with many disorders, including neuromuscular, cardiac, metabolic, endocrine and traumatic. Idiopathic hyperCKemia is a diagnostic dilemma for physicians even though its long‑term prognosis is usually benign. We report a case of a Caucasian 61‑year‑old woman who presented as completely asymptomatic to her general practitioner with a serum CK (sCK) level at 6,122 IU/l. A complete diagnostic evaluation, including physical and laboratory examinations, electromyogram and muscle biopsy were negative for any neuromuscular or other disorder. Two years later the patient remains asymptomatic, active and overall healthy but sCK levels remain elevated, ≤6,591 IU/l (>50‑fold higher than normal values).
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Klinis S, Symeonidis A, Karanasios D and Symvoulakis EK: Asymptomatic hyperCKemia during a two‑year monitoring period: A case report and literature overview. Biomed Rep 6: 79-82, 2017.
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Klinis, S., Symeonidis, A., Karanasios, D., & Symvoulakis, E.K. (2017). Asymptomatic hyperCKemia during a two‑year monitoring period: A case report and literature overview. Biomedical Reports, 6, 79-82. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2016.822
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Klinis, S., Symeonidis, A., Karanasios, D., Symvoulakis, E. K."Asymptomatic hyperCKemia during a two‑year monitoring period: A case report and literature overview". Biomedical Reports 6.1 (2017): 79-82.
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Klinis, S., Symeonidis, A., Karanasios, D., Symvoulakis, E. K."Asymptomatic hyperCKemia during a two‑year monitoring period: A case report and literature overview". Biomedical Reports 6, no. 1 (2017): 79-82. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2016.822