title: Gasoline vapors induce severe rhabdomyolysis.
abstract: A young patient developed rhabdomyolysis after accidentally inhaling gasoline vapors. Although there had been no preexistent myopathy, the caffeine and halothane contracture test classified the patient as being malignant hyperthermia-susceptible (MHS). Abnormal contractures also occurred after exposure of muscle bundles to benzine (at 0.01%); in four control tests, benzine-induced contractures (at 0.1%) could be elicited in MHS, but not in normal, muscles. The complex composition of benzine seems to contain potentially hazardous agents that trigger MH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University Wuerzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anetseder
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hartung
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klepper
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reichmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001334:Automobile Driving; D002110:Caffeine; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D005742:Gasoline / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006221:Halothane; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D005742:Gasoline; D002110:Caffeine; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D006221:Halothane