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Sabahattin Ertuğrul1, İlyas Yolbaş1, Fesih Aktar2
1Department of Pediatrics, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Severe recurrent rhabdomyolysis in children is rare. This case highlights a two-year-old boy with severe rhabdomyolysis triggered by viral myositis, unresponsive to standard treatments.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Infectious Diseases
- Neurology
Background:
- Viral infections can rarely lead to myositis and rhabdomyolysis.
- Pediatric cases of severe, recurrent rhabdomyolysis triggered by infections are not well-documented in medical literature.
Observation:
- A two-year-old boy experienced three hospitalizations for severe rhabdomyolysis during winter months.
- The rhabdomyolysis was consistently associated with viral myositis.
Findings:
- This represents the first reported pediatric case of severe rhabdomyolysis triggered by viral infections.
- Standard treatments, including prednisolone and intravenous immunoglobulin, proved ineffective.
Implications:
- This case underscores the need for increased awareness of viral myositis as a cause of severe rhabdomyolysis in children.
- Further research into the pathophysiology and novel treatment strategies for infection-triggered pediatric rhabdomyolysis is warranted.
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