Citation

Kutom A, Bazilinski NG, Magana L, Dunea G. Am. J. Kidney Dis. 1990; 15(1): 84-85.

Affiliation

Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, National Kidney Foundation, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2294739

Abstract

A 17-year-old hairdresser developed sodium bromate poisoning after drinking a cup of hair neutralizer in a suicide attempt. She presented 1 week later with anuria, required hemodialysis for 5 days, and subsequently recovered. Sensorineural hearing loss, often a characteristic finding, was absent. Early diagnosis of bromate intoxication requires an appreciation that it commonly occurs in hairdressers, may be accompanied by deafness, and may present with insidious anuria.

Language: en