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Myoglobinuria

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my·o·glo·bi·nu·ri·a (m-glb-nr-)
n.
Excretion of myoglobin in the urine.

Myoglobinuria
Reddish urine caused by excretion of myoglobin, a breakdown product of muscle.

myoglobinuria
the presence of myoglobin in the urine. It is evidence of severe muscle degeneration, though all such degenerations do not necessarily lead to myoglobinuria; it depends on the content of the pigment in the muscle and the renal threshold for it. The urine is red to dark red-brown, but in severe cases may be almost black.
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Myoglobinuria in a horse with exertional myopathy. By permission from Knottenbelt DC, Pascoe RR, Diseases and Disorders of the Horse, Saunders, 2003

paralytic myoglobinuria
see paralytic myoglobinuria.

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