[The old man and the syrup]

H Delacour; J-P Le Berre; A Servonnet; F Janvier; A Rault; F Ceppa; V Gardet

doi:10.1016/j.patbio.2009.05.008

[The old man and the syrup]

Pathol Biol (Paris). 2011 Dec;59(6):336-8. doi: 10.1016/j.patbio.2009.05.008. Epub 2009 Nov 5.

[Article in French]

Authors

H Delacour¹, J-P Le Berre, A Servonnet, F Janvier, A Rault, F Ceppa, V Gardet

Affiliation

¹ Fédération de Biologie Clinique, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Bégin, 69 Avenue de Paris, 94163 Saint-Mandé cedex, France.

PMID: 19896293
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2009.05.008

Abstract

Intoxication by glycyrrhizin is a rare cause of hypokalemia. We describe a patient with severe hypokalemia caused by long-term consumption of syrup containing liquorice. The physiopathological mechanism of the intoxication and the differential diagnosis are presented.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Glycyrrhetinic Acid / adverse effects
Glycyrrhetinic Acid / metabolism
Glycyrrhiza / adverse effects*
Humans
Hypokalemia / chemically induced*
Hypokalemia / diagnosis*
Hypokalemia / etiology
Male
Models, Biological
Signal Transduction / physiology

Substances

Glycyrrhetinic Acid