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J Assoc Physicians India ; 61(11): 818-20, 2013 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24974497

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38 year old woman was admitted with acute onset of quadriplegia. Biochemical investigation revealed severe hypokalaemia with hyperchloraemic metabolic acidosis, alkaline urine, and positive urinary anion gap which are the hallmark of distal tubular acidosis. In addition she also had hypophosphataemia, normoglycaemic glycosuria, aminoaciduria, and hyperphosphaturia suggestive of proximal tubular dysfunction. Further evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of Sjogren's syndrome. Interestingly our patient also had carpopedal spasm despite normal calcium and magnesium level. Quadriplegia and carpopedal spasm improved with correction of hypokalaemia and acidosis. Proximal tubular abnormalities (except albuminuria) were normalised at the time of discharge. Distal tubular acidosis is a well known renal manifestation of Sjogren's syndrome. But this type of transient proximal tubular dysfunction with distal tubular acidosis in Sjogren's syndrome is very rare and hypokalaemic tetany also deserves mention.


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Hypokalemia/etiology , Quadriplegia/etiology , Sjogren's Syndrome/complications , Tetany/etiology , Acidosis, Renal Tubular/etiology , Adult , Calcium/blood , Female , Humans , Tetany/blood
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