RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acute fulminant myoglobinuric polymyositis with picornavirus-like crystals.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 775
OP 781
DO 10.1136/jnnp.40.8.775
VO 40
IS 8
A1 Y Fukuyama
A1 T Ando
A1 J Yokota
YR 1977
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/40/8/775.abstract
AB Myoglobinuria was found in an 11 month old girl suffering from fever, dyspnoea, and muscle hypotonia. Muscle biopsy showed focal degenerative necrosis of the muscle fibres. Electronmicroscopically, picornavirus-like crystals were demonstrated in the muscle fibres. These and other findings strongly suggest that she suffered from acute myositis with myoglobinuria probably caused by Coxsackie B6 virus infection. The causal relationship of viral infection (Coxsackie, influenza, or myxo-viruses) and acute or chronic polymyositis with or without myoglobinuria is discussed.