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Differential diagnosis of anesthesia induced rhabdomyolysis. A case report
L G Heytens1, B Even, J J Martin
1Departments of Intensive Care and Neurosurgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.
Acta Neurologica Belgica
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A four year old boy suffered from a prolonged cardiac arrest during anesthesia. Laboratory examination subsequently demonstrated extensive rhabdomyolysis. The possibility of an underlying muscle disease in this family was investigated by muscle biopsy, histological examination and in-vitro contracture testing. The latter test result was consistent with malignant hyperthermia susceptibility. This case history illustrates the differential diagnosis of anesthesia induced rhabdomyolysis.