PINK URINE SYNDROME

An unusual cause of pink urine.

A 42-year-old Caucasian female was admitted to the surgery service of University Hospital & Clinics in Columbia, Missouri, for surgical treatment of morbid obesity. She had a lifelong history of morbid obesity and had failed conservative measures for achieving weight loss. Her past medical history was significant for hypertension, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolaemia, ...

Pink toes and red urine: what is this poison?

A 3.5-year-old boy was found unconscious after ingesting an uncertain amount of a colourless and odourless liquid from a plastic bottle that he found in his mother’s bag. The mother knew that the bottle contained X and immediately took the child to hospital. X was obtained from a jewellery factory in China, and was usually used for electroplating. The child was unconscious, and muscle twitching...

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Purple urine bag syndrome

A 44-year-old man with Down’s syndrome and neurogenic bladder which required a suprapubic catheter presented with fever and change in his urine color for one day. Physical examination revealed a temperature of 38.3°C, blood pressure of 60/30 mmHg, pulse rate of 120/min and urine with purple discoloration in the urine catheter and bag (Figure 1). A urine dipstick test indicated the presence of l...

Purple Urine Bag Syndrome

A 67-year-old woman presented to the emergency department in congestive heart failure. She also had a history of transverse myelitis, which had caused her to be bedbound with an indwelling urinary catheter. During the physical examination, the urine in her Foley tubing and bag were noted to be bright purple. When asked, she replied that the urine had turned purple several weeks earlier. She den...