A case of acquired Gitelman syndrome presenting as hypokalemic paralysis

M Kulkarni; P Kadri; R Pinto

doi:10.4103/0971-4065.146031

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CASE REPORT

Year : 2015 | Volume : 25 | Issue : 4 | Page : 246-247

A case of acquired Gitelman syndrome presenting as hypokalemic paralysis

M Kulkarni, P Kadri, R Pinto
Department of Nephrology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Correspondence Address:
M Kulkarni
Department of Nephrology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka
India

Source of Support: The results presented in this paper have not been published previously in whole or part, except in abstract format., Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.146031

We report a case of a young female patient who presented with weakness of upper and lower limbs. On evaluation, she had hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, metabolic alkalosis and hypocalciuria. Anti-Ro (SSA) antibody was positive. She had an acquired Gitelman syndrome due to primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). SS presenting with features of Gitelman syndrome is very rare.

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