Response to letter to the editor Re: Case report CT of rhabdomyolysis as a sequela of drug abuse

[摘要] Thank you to Drs Finsterer and Mehri for their interest in our paper. In recording a few disagreements with our work, however, the first couple of notes reveal misinterpretations of our statements. They said, “We disagree with the statement in the introduction that non-traumatic causes of rhabdomyolysis only [emphasis is ours] include alcohol abuse, illicit drugs, and pharmaceutical agents.” We did not say “only,” nor did we intentionally omit the broader spectrum of non-traumatic rhabdomyolysis etiology. We deemed it beyond the scope of this case report to include additional causes, which Drs Finsterer and Mehri ably cited in their letter. Furthermore, the CT reading of myositis includes muscle enlargement and decreased CT attenuation as was shown in this case.

[学科分类] 生物化学工程