Rhabdomyolysis in a Patient with Hypocalcemia related to Hypoparathyroidism
Abstract
Rhabdomyolysis is a syndrome characterized by muscle necrosis and the release of intracellular muscle constituents into the circulation. A 75-year-old woman admitted to emergency departments with weakness, paraphrasia, mental fog, muscle weakness, Positive Chvostek sign and Trousseau sign in her physical examination Laboratory examination revealed the following results: creatinine: 1.6 mg/dL, uric acid: 8.4mg/dL, potassium: 4.9 mEq/L, calcium: 4.2 mg/dL, phosphorus: 6.9 mg/dL, parathormon: 3.1 IU/L, creatinine kinase: 2596 IU/L, aspartate aminotransferase: 54 IU/L, alanin aminotransferase: 35 IU/L. In this article, we aimed to present a rare case of rhabdomyolysis associated with hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism.
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Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Case Report
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Publication Date
August 25, 2017
Submission Date
September 7, 2016
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 7 Number: 1
