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J Toxicol Clin Toxicol ; 30(4): 663-76, 1992.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1303642

ABSTRACT

A patient with nephrotic syndrome secondary to renal amyloidosis was consistently observed to have serum anion gap levels as low as -1 mEq/L and averaging approximately 2 mEq/L. Neither multiple myeloma nor extreme hypertriglyceridemia was present, and the patient's serum albumin concentrations were not low enough to depress the anion gap to this degree. An increased serum bromide level (below the range expected to produce clinical toxicity) was the apparent cause of the low anion gap. The patient's parents, who live in the same apartment, also manifested low anion gaps and inexplicably elevated serum bromide levels. Despite detailed investigation, no environmental or pharmacologic source of bromide was uncovered. Although the source of the bromide in the present instance remains elusive, this report illustrates the necessity to measure serum bromide when a low anion gap cannot be explained by other factors, even when there is no history to suggest bromide exposure.


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Acid-Base Equilibrium , Amyloidosis/complications , Bromides/blood , Kidney Diseases/complications , Nephrotic Syndrome/etiology , Adult , Electrolytes/blood , Environmental Exposure , Humans , Male , Nephrotic Syndrome/blood
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