title: Beer Potomania--An Unusual Cause of Hyponatremia.
abstract: The first case of severe hyponatremia, since referred to as beer potomania, in a heavy beer drinker patient was reported in 1972. Excessive consumption of beer in particular, which has a low solute content, may result in severe hyponatremia. We report a case of severe hyponatremia that occurred in a patient who, owing to his underlying colon cancer, was drinking beer and ingesting little food.
authors.affiliation: Director of the Nephrology Fellowship program at the Los Angeles Medical Center in CA. dean.a.kujubu@kp.org.
authors.forename: Dean A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kujubu
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Fellow at the Los Angeles Medical Center in CA. ardeshir.khosraviani@kp.org.
authors.forename: Ardeshir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khosraviani
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001515:Beer / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male