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NDT Plus. 2011 Jun;4(3):173-4. doi: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfr045. Epub 2011 Apr 04.

An unusual case of rhabdomyolysis.

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Gianni Bellomo, Giorgio Gentili, Claudio Verdura, Giuseppe CalabrĂ², Maria Luisa Miele

Affiliations

  1. Department of Nephrology, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno (Pg), Italy.
  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno (Pg), Italy.

PMID: 25984149 PMCID: PMC4421607 DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfr045

Abstract

We report an unusual case of rhabdomyolysis due to coturnism (food poisoning caused by eating quails). The patient's clinical course is described, and possible pathogenetic mechanisms of this syndrome are briefly discussed.

Keywords: coturnism; quail; rhabdomyolysis

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