Bromide intoxication secondary to pyridostigmine bromide therapy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The diagnosis of bromide intoxication is often aided by the detection of a low or negative anion gap due to the laboratory detection of bromide as chloride. A 59-year-old woman with myasthenia gravis who received a large dose of pyridostigmine bromide developed postoperative psychosis and was diagnosed as having bromide intoxication. The diagnosis was suspected in the setting of a negative anion gap and only later confirmed by direct measurement of the serum bromide level. To our knowledge , this is the first reported case of bromide intoxication due to pyridostigmine bromide administration.