Chromium-induced toxic hepatitis.
A clinical case of acute hepatitis in a patient undergoing an alternative medicine weight-reduction regimen is reported. Chromium polynicotinate had been ingested in combination with vegetable extracts over a 5-month period. Liver biopsy was compatible with toxic hepatitis and greatly elevated hepatic chromium levels were found (>10x normal). The clinical picture regressed following suspension of the medication.
Lança
Sara
S
Hospital Garcia de Orta, Av. Torrado Silva, 2800, Almada, Portugal
Alves
Amanda
A
Vieira
Ana Isabel
AI
Barata
José
J
de Freitas
João
J
de Carvalho
Alvaro
A