Acute renal failure in a hypothyroid patient with rhabdomyolysis

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

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis
  • Acute Kidney Injury / etiology*
  • Acute Kidney Injury / therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Hypothyroidism / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Rhabdomyolysis / diagnosis
  • Rhabdomyolysis / etiology*