A case of bismuth intoxication with irreversible renal damage.
Bismuth is a chemical element symbolized as Bi and is a trivalent poor metal, which chemically resembles arsenic and antimony. Colloidal bismuth subcitrate (CBS) and bismuth subsalicylate are the bismuth salts widely used in the treatment of peptic ulcers, functional dyspepsia, and chronic gastritis. Intoxications with CBS are rare. In a few case reports, acute renal failure was described, but the literature review revealed no chronic renal failure related to CBS intoxication. In this case report we present a 21-year old female with chronic renal failure after a one year follow-up of CBS intoxication.
Internal Medicine Department, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey.
Abdulsamet
A
Erden
Samet
S
Karahan
Kadir
K
Bulut
Mustafa
M
Basak
Tuncay
T
Aslan
Ali
A
Cetinkaya
Hatice
H
Karagoz
Deniz
D
Avci
acute renal failure; bismuth; chronic renal failure; intoxication