Alcohol-induced Rhabdomyolysis: a Disease with Potential Pitfalls
Htet, Z.
Acute Medicine 17(4): 226-228
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 1747-4892 PMID: 30882106 Document Number: 17741
Non-traumatic rhabdomyolysis induced by alcohol appears to cause serious clinical implications and could result in catastrophic consequences. We describe a patient who developed rhabdomyolysis following acute alcohol intoxication which led to severe kidney injury requiring dialysis therapy. This case also illuminates the fact that deranged liver function can result from a significant skeletal muscle injury in the absence of a concomitant liver pathology.
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