Neonatal Rhabdomolysis and Dystrophy

Abstract

A boy, aged 2 years, presenting at birth as a case of rhabdomyolysis and later shown to have an X-linked recessive dystrophy, is reported from the Section of Child Neurology, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, and the Child Neurology A.I. Dupont Institute, Wilmington, DE.

Keywords

• rhabdomyolysis
• benzidene dipstick
• calf pseudohypertrophy