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Cureus
. 2020 Jul 1;12(7):e8956.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.8956.
Rhabdomyolysis in a Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019
Aveek Mukherjee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Raisa Ghosh[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ghulam Aftab[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 has rapidly enveloped the world in a pandemic after emerging in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. We describe a 49-year-old man presenting with fever, cough, dyspnea, and myalgia diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 along with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury. The creatine phosphokinase was elevated to 23,800 U/L before trending down to normal levels. Rapid identification and treatment with aggressive intravenous hydration and correction of electrolyte abnormalities remain key to successful management. In a pandemic, often atypical presentations of this new disease have to be considered as differentials for early diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening conditions.
Keywords: 2019-ncov; acute kidney injury; coronavirus; covid-19; creatine kinase; creatine phosphokinase; rhabdomyolysis; sars-cov-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2).
. 2020 Jul 1;12(7):e8956.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.8956.
Rhabdomyolysis in a Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019
Aveek Mukherjee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Raisa Ghosh[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ghulam Aftab[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32642390
- PMCID: PMC7336592
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.8956
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 has rapidly enveloped the world in a pandemic after emerging in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. We describe a 49-year-old man presenting with fever, cough, dyspnea, and myalgia diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 along with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury. The creatine phosphokinase was elevated to 23,800 U/L before trending down to normal levels. Rapid identification and treatment with aggressive intravenous hydration and correction of electrolyte abnormalities remain key to successful management. In a pandemic, often atypical presentations of this new disease have to be considered as differentials for early diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening conditions.
Keywords: 2019-ncov; acute kidney injury; coronavirus; covid-19; creatine kinase; creatine phosphokinase; rhabdomyolysis; sars-cov-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2).