PRIMARY IDIOPATHIC MYOGLOBINURIA IN A NEGRO FEMALE: ITS IMPLICATIONS AND A NEW METHOD OF LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS
Authors: C L WHISNANT, R H OWINGS, C G CANTRELL, G R COOPER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 July 1959PRIMARY IDIOPATHIC MYOGLOBINURIA IN A NEGRO FEMALE: ITS IMPLICATIONS AND A NEW METHOD OF LABORATORY DIAGNOSISC. L. WHISNANT JR., M.D., R. H. OWINGS, M.S., C. G. CANTRELL, M.D., G. R. COOPER, Ph.D., M.D.C. L. WHISNANT JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, R. H. OWINGS, M.S.Search for more papers by this author, C. G. CANTRELL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, G. R. COOPER, Ph.D., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-1-140 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMyoglobinuria has been considered to be a relatively rare disease and has been observed only in the white race. Even when the disease is suspected, definitive diagnosis by means of identification of the pigment in the urine has always been a problem. The physician is frequently deterred from further investigation because of the difficulty encountered in obtaining laboratory confirmation. Many cases of so-called "march hemoglobinuria" may actually be unrecognized primary myoglobinuria.1 Several reviewers have questioned the diagnosis of some of the other reported cases of myoglobinuria, and have considered at least some of these cases to be dermatomyositis.1-3It...Bibliography1. ReinerKonikoffAltschuleDamminMerrill LNMDGJJP: Idiopathic paroxysmal myoglobinuria, Arch. Int. Med. 97: 537, 1956. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BerenbaumBirchMoreland MCCAJD: Paroxysmal myoglobinuria, Lancet 1: 892, 1955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. PearsonBeckBlahd CMWSWH: Idiopathic paroxysmal myoglobinuria, Arch. Int. Med. 99: 376, 1957. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BywatersDible EGJH: The renal lesion in traumatic anuria, J. Path. and Bact. 54: 111, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. BywatersDible EGJH: Acute paralytic myohaemoglobinuria in man, J. 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