• Eur J Emerg Med · Jun 2001

    Case Reports

    Exertional rhabdomyolysis in a body builder abusing anabolic androgenic steroids.

    • N R Braseth, E J Allison, and J E Gough.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4354, USA.
    • Eur J Emerg Med. 2001 Jun 1; 8 (2): 155-7.

    AbstractRhabdomyolysis, or acute skeletal muscle destruction, may be accompanied by myoglobinaemia, myoglobinuria, and an elevated serum creatine kinase level. This disorder has many potential causes. In this article, the authors describe a case of rhabdomyolysis occurring after vigorous weight lifting by a man who was supplementing his weight-training programme with the intake of anabolic androgenic steroids dispensed to him by a colleague.

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