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From: Elizabeth Mac Namara <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: 06 August 2000 17:37
Subject: Unexpected high CK
>I was wondering if you could help me I was refered a patient on whom his
>GP did a CK toal for somewhat spurious reasons and found it to be high
>about 3000 (about twenty times our upper limit of normal). He is
>essentially normal otherwise. Originally I was sure he would turn out to
>be a body builder or heavy manual worker. Al clues have been negative it
>is all muscualr in origin. He has no complaints, originally from
>Trinidad but has lived and worked in Canada for more than 10 years. He
>is 56 years of age and while he used to work out and play active sports
>he has not had this sort of activity for some years. I would appreciate
>any help you could give me especially if I am missing something very
>obvious.
>
>Elizabeth Mac Namara
Hi Elizabeth,
I understand some drugs (notably statins) can raise CK levels. Also, have
you considered the possibility of heterophilic antibodies given there is no
obvious pathology and the CK is so high?
Iain Woodrow
Grade A Biochemist,
Hope Hospital,
Stott Lane,
Salford
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