Rhabdomyolysis caused by hypernatremia.
Rhabdomyolysis is a clinical picture which is rarely seen in children. In this case report here it is presented a patient who has biochemical and clinical signs of rhabdomyolysis and admitted to our clinic with hypernatremia. The authors think that it is necessary to be alert for rhabdomyolysis in severe hypernatremia cases.
Incecik
Faruk
F
Cukurova University Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Adana, Turkey. fincecik@yahoo.com
Herguner
M Ozlem
MO
Yildizdas
Dincer
D
Ozcan
Kenan
K
Altunbasak
Sakir
S
D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013577:Syndrome; D013894:Thirst