• Am J Emerg Med · Jul 2022

    Case Reports

    Toxic benzyl alcohol inhalation: Altered mental status with metabolic acidosis and hyperammonemia.

    • Mai Inada, Hisaaki Kato, Hirohito Maruyama, Eriko Okada, Fuminobu Imai, and Shinji Inada.
    • Emergency Department, Japanese Red Cross Society Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, 2-9 Myoken-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan. Electronic address: m_inada_72712@icloud.com.
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Jul 1; 57: 234.e3-234.e5.

    AbstractThis report presents the case of a patient whose inhalation exposure to benzyl alcohol led to clinical manifestations similar to toluene intoxication, including sudden altered mental status, metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia, hypophosphatemia, and hyperammonemia. Toxicity from benzyl alcohol inhalation is quite rare, and hyperammonemia associated with renal tubular dysfunction in poisoning cases has not been reported in the past.Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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