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CHRISTOPHER C. FORDHAM III, MD; WILLIAM D. HUFFINES, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1964;113(3):395-400.

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An association between chronic analgesic ingestion and the occurrence of renal disease, first suggested by Spühler and Zollinger in 1953,¹ has since been prominently reported in the European literature and has gained a measure of acceptance as a clinicopathologic entity. Acetophenetidin (Phenacetin) has been regarded by most authors as the likely offending agent, and a large cumulative dose of the drug has been consistently described in affected individuals. Detailed case reports from this country have been comparatively few.^2,3 We report herein three such patients, two of whom in addition were noted to have the interesting historical background of former chronic alcoholism.

CASE 1.

—A 51-year-old man was admitted to the North Carolina Memorial Hospital for the first time May 17, 1960, in a stuporous state. He was known to have had mild hypertension for about one year. Three months before admission, he had noted the onset of mild . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHAPEL HILL, NC

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Dr. Fordham), and Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology (Dr. Huffines); School of Medicine, University of North Carolina.; Markle Scholar in Medical Science (Dr. Huffines).

Footnotes
Received for publication July 22, 1963; accepted Aug 30.

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