The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
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Am J Forensic Med Pathol · Jun 1990
Case ReportsAcute myoglobinuria as a fatal complication of heroin addiction.
A fatal case of myoglobinuria complicating heroin addiction is described. Clinically the patient had no overt symptoms of rhabdomyolysis. Pathologists should be alerted to this rare complication in heroin addicts who die of no apparent cause. The antimyoglobin immunoperoxidase technique is useful in confirming the diagnosis.