ea0022p175 | Clinical case reports and clinical practice | ECE2010
Karbek Basak
, Kadi Ragip
, Goksu Ugur Alp
, Arik Nurol
Rhabdomyolysis is a syndrome characterized by muscle necrosis and the release of intracelluler muscle contents into systemic circulation. It can became a life-threatening disorder when complicated by acute tubuler necrosis and renal failure. Fenofibrate, a fibric acid derivate, is used to treat diabetic dyslipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia and combined hyperlipidemia alone or in combination with statins. Rhabdomyolysis associated with fenofibrate is extremely rare. In nearly all...