title: Acute rhabdomyolysis associated with acute cocaine intoxication. A case report.
abstract: We report a case of acute rhabdomyolysis associated with acute intravenous cocaine intoxication in an asymptomatic HIV-positive young man and discuss the possible pathogenetic mechanisms. Recent cocaine use must be considered among the causes of acute rhabdomyolysis without obvious precipitating factors in our country too. The characteristically uncollaborative attitude of habitual drug users may make differential diagnosis very difficult to establish.
authors.affiliation: 2a Divisione di Neurologia, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Censori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camerlingo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Casto
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Gazzaniga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Partziguian
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mamoli
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D003042:Cocaine / Q000506:poisoning*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine