title: Two children with bromate intoxication due to ingestion of the second preparation for permanent hair waving.
abstract: We report two children who suffered from sodium bromate intoxication due to ingestion of the second preparation for permanent hair waving (the second permanent preparation). One child suffered from gastrointestinal symptoms only. The other exhibited slight acute renal insufficiency. Results of the histological examination of the kidney in the sick child with acute renal insufficiency showed sporadic epithelial separation of the proximal tubuli under light microscopy. In addition, we could demonstrate more clearly epithelial separation and unbroken tubular basement membranes under electron microscopy (EM). To our knowledge, this is the first report of EM findings in this disease. The mechanism of epithelial injuries by bromate is not clear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Niigata City General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D001959:Bromates / Q000506:poisoning*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D006203:Hair Preparations / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012964:Sodium / Q000506:poisoning*; D017670:Sodium Compounds
chemical_list: D001959:Bromates; D006203:Hair Preparations; D017670:Sodium Compounds; D012964:Sodium; C060553:sodium bromate