title: Typical and atypical presentation of malignant hyperpyrexia in nonwhite patients.
abstract: Two cases are presented of malignant hyperthermia in black patients. One patient developed signs of malignant hyperthermia during general anesthesia that was successfully treated with dantrolene sodium and cooling. A second patient was retrospectively diagnosed as having an atypical variant of malignant hyperthermia secondary to heat stroke and general anesthesia; this patient subsequently died. These cases illustrate that malignant hyperthermia can occur in blacks despite the very low incidence of this syndrome in nonwhite patients.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Parris
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kambam
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Adkins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008305:Malignant Hyperthermia / Q000209:etiology*