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Dengue fever (DF) is an emerging public health challenge in developing countries including Sri Lanka
Myalgia is a common symptom in dengue viral infection, but myositis and rhabdomyolysis are uncommon in DF and only a few case reports have been published in literature
We describe the case of a 26-year-old Sri Lankan female who developed rhabdomyolysis without acute kidney injury following dengue virus infection
Summary
Severe rhabdomyolysis without acute kidney injury in a female with acute dengue fever; an uncommon complication of a common disease. Senarathna HM1, Abayagunawardana AN1, Weerarathna TP2 1 University Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka. 2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka
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