The syndrome of muscle pain, weakness and brown urine was first described in 1910 by Meyer-Betz, a German physician.1 (NB: there is an alternative attribution in the Concise Oxford Textbook of Medicine to Hans Meyer and Vladimir Betz, although both were deceased by 1895.) In more recent times, it is usually described as idiopathic paroxysmal rhabdomyolysis (a recurring scenario) and is a diagnosis of exclusion.2
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/doctor/meyer-betz-syndrome.htm