Key result
Intravenous fluid therapy and oral levothyroxine successfully treated severe rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury induced by Hashimoto's thyroiditis in a 42-year-old man.
Why the study?
Hypothyroidism-induced rhabdomyolysis is uncommon, and Hashimoto's thyroiditis presenting with rhabdomyolysis without precipitating factors is particularly rare.
Case Report (n=1)
Severe rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury can rarely occur as a complication of Hashimoto's thyroiditis without other precipitating factors.
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Alerts clinicians to rare rhabdomyolysis in Hashimoto's thyroiditis; single case leaves open need for confirmatory studies.
Hypothyroidism causing rhabdomyolysis is a known but an uncommon entity. Hashimoto's thyroiditis causing rhabdomyolysis in the absence of precipitating factors is even rarer. Here, we report a 42-year-old previously healthy man with hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis complicated by severe rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury in the absence of precipitating factors. The diagnosis was based on his clinical presentation and laboratory investigations, and he was successfully treated with intravenous fluid therapy and oral levothyroxine.
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Baghi et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's thyroiditis complicated by severe rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury (n=1). Intravenous fluid therapy and oral levothyroxine was evaluated on Clinical recovery. Intravenous fluid therapy and oral levothyroxine successfully treated severe rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury induced by Hashimoto's thyroiditis in a 42-year-old man.
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