title: [Metabolic myopathy causing rhabdomyolysis].
abstract: Rhabdomyolysis is a potential life-threatening condition characterized by a rapid destruction of striated muscle cells. Causes include trauma, muscle hypoxia, drugs, malignant hyperthermia, infections, toxins and metabolic myopathies. We report a case of a 52-year-old man with hereditary myoglobi-n-uria and gastroenteritis-induced rhabdomyolysis. Metabolic myopathy as a cause of rhabdomyolysis is rare but potential life-threatening if not diagnosed and treated promptly.
authors.affiliation: Langelandsvej 47A st. tv., 2000 Frederiksberg. chemeandersen@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Cheme
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wildgaard
mesh_terms: D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy