A case of rhabdomyolysis associated with thyrotoxicosis |
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Authors: | Cakir Mehtap Mahsereci Erkan Altunbas Hasan Karayalcin Umit |
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Affiliation: | Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Akdeniz University, School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey. cakirmehtap@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: | Rhabdomyolysis is found to be associated with trauma; alcohol; drugs; viral infections, such as HIV, Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus and influenza; metabolic disorders; dermatomyositis; polymyositis; and hypothyroidism. Few cases of rhabdomyolysis associated with thyrotoxicosis have been reported. A patient who presented with delirium to the emergency department and was diagnosed with thyrotoxicosis and rhabdomyolysis is hereby presented. |
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