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Case Reports
. 2003 Dec;60(6):428-9.
doi: 10.5414/cnp60428.

Acute renal failure in a hypothyroid patient with rhabdomyolysis

P M Kar  1 , A Hirani, M J Allen
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Case Reports

Acute renal failure in a hypothyroid patient with rhabdomyolysis

P M Kar et al. Clin Nephrol. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

A 49-year-old hypothyroid man developed rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure. He had been on thyroid replacement therapy for 17 years following removal of a benign pituitary tumor. Rhabdomyolysis was diagnosed by elevated liver enzymes, CPK, and creatinine. The case illustrates how hypothyroidism can cause rhabdomyolysis and subsequently, acute renal failure.

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