a case of chronic ethylene glycol intoxication presenting without classic metabolic derangements
;Stephanie M. Toth-Manikowski;Hanni Menn-Josephy;Jasvinder Bhatia
molecular nutrition and food research2014Vol. 2014pp. -
151
toth-manikowski2014casea
Abstract
Acute ethylene glycol ingestion classically presents with high anion gap acidosis, elevated osmolar gap, altered mental status, and acute renal failure. However, chronic ingestion of ethylene glycol is a challenging diagnosis that can present as acute kidney injury with subtle physical findings and without the classic metabolic derangements. We present a case of chronic ethylene glycol ingestion in a patient who presented with acute kidney injury and repeated denials of an exposure history. Kidney biopsy was critical to the elucidation of the cause of his worsening renal function.