Beeturia:
http://www.acponline.org/zebra/references/di/DI-007.html
http://www.medindia.net/education/distance_education/lessons/lesson5/page7.
asp
Dr Jonathan Kay
On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 03:36 , Wulkan,R.(R) wrote:
> Dear list members,
>
> Today we received a portion of red urine (negative for Hb and ery)
> from a
> rheumatology patient. No unusual medication, no clinical details
> available.
> The color was eosine-like, ph 6 (eosin is not red in acidic samples
> according to my literature). On alkalinization the color changed to
> pale
> yellow; on acidification to red with a purple hue. The color of the
> urine
> did not darken on standing. Na 122 mmol/L, K 24 mmol/L. There was no
> fluorescence under the UV-lamp.
>
> We suspect that the color could be due to the consumption of beets
> (changing
> color as an indicator). The clinician suspected porphyria - alas
> symptoms
> (and clinician) unvailable. We thought it wise to store the sample for
> porphyrin analysis, just to be sure.
>
> Any similar cases are appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Raymond Wulkan
> MCRZ-Zuider
> Rotterdam-NL
>
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