Table 4.
Cases of rhabdomyolysis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
No | Year reported | Age (yr) | Sex | Peak Cr (mg/dL) | Peak CK (IU/L) | Duration∗ (yr) | Etiology | Comorbidity | HP (d) | Clinical outcome |
1 | 1994[9] | 39 | F | NR | 17,260 | 12 | Discoid lupus | Polymyositis | 60 | Remission |
2 | 1999[10] | 40 | F | 2.2 | 1,846 | 23 | Atorvastatin, Cyclosporine | Kidney transplantation | 4 | Remission |
3 | 2000[11] | 27 | F | 1.39 | 45,429 | 3 | S. enteritidis bacteremia | Acute cholecystitis | 34 | Remission |
4 | 2005[12] | 45 | F | NR‡ | 39,000 | NR | Quinacrine | Dystrophic calcinosis | NR | Remission |
5 | 2011[13] | 36 | F | 4.9 | 75,000 | 13 | Unspecific myositis§ | Pulmonary infection | 10 | Death |
6 | 2014[14] | 39 | F | 0.91 | 45,265 | 4 | Dengue fever | Compartment syndrome | 34 | Remission |
7 | 2018[15] | 36 | F | 3.59 | 304,700 | 5 | Gastroenteritis | None | NR | Remission |
8† | 2019[17] | 28 | F | 1.2 | 13,776 | 0 | Exercise, Oral contraceptive | Chronic azotemia | 0 | Remission |
9 | 2020[16] | 25 | F | 2.8 | 13,585 | NR | Fungal infection | Mesenteric panniculitis§ | NR | Death |
10† | Present | 44 | F | 1.0 | 60,092 | 0 | Acute hyponatremia | Hypothyroidism | 28 | Remission |
CK = creatine kinase, Cr = serum creatinine, d = days, F = female, HP = hospitalization period, No = number, NR = not reported, S = Salmonella, yr = years.
Duration of systemic lupus erythematosus prior to occurrence of rhabdomyolysis.
Initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus
Azotemia.
Autopsy.