SUSTAINED MYOGLOBINURIA - THE PRESENTING MANIFESTATION OF DERMATOMYOSITIS

Authors
ROSE MR KISSEL JT BICKLEY LS GRIGGS RC
Citation
Mr. Rose et al., SUSTAINED MYOGLOBINURIA - THE PRESENTING MANIFESTATION OF DERMATOMYOSITIS, Neurology, 47(1), 1996, pp. 119-123
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
47
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
119 - 123
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1996)47:1<119:SM-TPM>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We describe two patients with sustained myoglobinuria that did not res olve with supportive treatment. After we established a diagnosis of de rmatomyositis and started treatment with corticosteroids, there was ra pid resolution of the myoglobinuria. Well-documented cases of inflamma tory myopathy causing myoglobinuria are rare, but their prompt recogni tion has important therapeutic implications.