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Case Reports
. 2015 Summer;19(3):74-6.
doi: 10.7812/TPP/14-181.

Beer Potomania--An Unusual Cause of Hyponatremia

Dean A Kujubu  1 , Ardeshir Khosraviani  2
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Case Reports

Beer Potomania--An Unusual Cause of Hyponatremia

Dean A Kujubu et al. Perm J. 2015 Summer.

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.

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