Rhabdomyolysis detected by bone imaging.
Rhabdomyolysis involves necrosis of skeletal muscle and may arise from multiple conditions both traumatic and nontraumatic. Bone imaging with Technetium-99m phosphates is a very sensitive indicator of acute muscle damage and may be used to visualize the extent of rhabdomyolysis and its resolution. A case of alcohol-induced rhabdomyolysis is presented.
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Veterans Administration Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014915:Whole-Body Counting