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Query: UMLS:C0027066 (
myoclonus
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A 76-year old white married female had rapid onset dementia with
myoclonus
and was admitted to an HMO hospital where she was initially diagnosed as Alzheimer's disease. The physician- husband suggested that the condition might be due to the Pepto-Bismol which she had taken chronically to control her
irritable bowel syndrome
. An elevated serum bismuth level of 242 &mgr;g/L (normal is 5 &mgr;g/L) established bismuth toxicity as the cause of the dementia. With treatment the patient returned to a normal mental state. The possibility of bismuth encephalopathy needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis of possible Alzheimer's dementia.
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PMID:Bismuth Toxicity Masquerading as Alzheimer's Dementia. 1221 12
