Open AccessRecurrent rhabdomyolysis in a child. Case presentation
Author(s) -
Sabahattin Ertuğrul,
İlyas Yolbaş,
Fesih Aktar,
Kamil Yılmaz,
Recep Tekin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2016.eng.e192
Subject(s) - rhabdomyolysis , medicine , myositis , presentation (obstetrics) , pediatrics , viral infection , surgery , immunology , virus
Viral myositis associated with infections rarely may cause rhabdomyolysis. There is no any pediatric case with severe recurrent rhabdomyolysis triggered by infections in the literature. We reported a two-year-old boy who was hospitalized three times due to severe rhabdomyolysis associated with viral myositis in the winter months. This is the first child case presentation with severe rhabdomyolysis triggered by infections. Prednisolone and intravenous immunoglobulin treatments were ineffective in this case.