Hyponatraemic rhabdomyolysis in Addison's disease.
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Rhabdomyolysis has rarely been reported in association with hyponatraemia and, in those patients described, hyponatraemia resulted from water intoxication. We describe a patient with rhabdomyolysis associated with severe Addisonian hyponatraemia. The mechanism of muscle breakdown may be the failure of the cellular adaptive mechanisms required in the presence of extracellular fluid hypoosmolality.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 71 839 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994