J Korean Soc Pediatr Nephrol.
2004 Apr;8(1):63-67.
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis Complicated with Periodic Hypokalemic Paralysis
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, The Institute of Kidney Disease, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jsyonse@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- 2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- A 5-year-old girl was admitted because of an acute onset of weakness in her extremities. She had experienced a similar episode before but had recovered spontaneously. She had previously been diagnosed with distal renal tubular acidosis(RTA) at the age of 2 months. During the period of acute paralysis, her serum potassium level was 1.8 mmol/L and the muscle enzymes were markedly raised suggesting massive rhabdomyolysis. Although hypokalemia is common in renal tubular acidosis, acute paralytic presentation is uncommon and is rarely described in children. We report a case of distal RTA complicated with hypokalemic paralysis with a brief review of related literatures.
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