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ArticleNeurological research and practice2021

Chromium and cobalt intoxication mimicking mitochondriopathy.

Tim W Rattay, Torsten Kluba, Ludger Schöls

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Article in Neurological research and practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Tim W RattayDepartment for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Center for Neurology, Hoppe-Seyler-Straße 3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. Tim.Rattay@uni-tuebingen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5456-7761
Torsten KlubaOrthopedic Department, Klinikum Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Ludger SchölsDepartment for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Center for Neurology, Hoppe-Seyler-Straße 3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 53-year old male with a history of progressive visual impairment, hearing loss, peripheral neuropathy, poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, cardiomyopathy, and weight loss was referred to the rare disease center due to the suspicion of mitochondrial cytopathy. In line with mitochondrial dysfunction, lactate in CSF was increased. Genetic testing by whole-exome sequencing and mitochondrial DNA did not reveal a likely cause. The case remained unsolved until he developed pain in his right hip, where he had received total hip arthroplasty 12 years earlier. An orthopedic evaluation revealed substantial shrinkage of the head of the hip prosthesis. Due to metal-on-metal wear, debris chromium and cobalt levels in serum were massively increased and significantly improved with multisystemic impairment after exchanging the defective implant.

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ChromiumCobaltIntoxicationMitochondriopathy

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PMID34238384
PMCPMC8265103

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