Acute myopathy with selective lysis of myosin filaments.
An acute reversible myopathy characterized by extensive lysis of myosin occurred in a patient who suffered from severe shock, hypoxia, and acidosis. This new clinical pathologic entity illustrates an unusual structural change in muscle associated with these catastrophic clinical circumstances.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism*
D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D009218:Myosins