Hypokalemic paralysis associated with distal renal tubular acidosis. 1992

N Hattori, and M Hino, and T Ishihara, and K Moridera, and K Ikekubo, and H Kurahachi
Department of Endocrinology, Kobe City General Hospital, Japan.

A 68-year-old man had hydronephrosis due to ureteral stones for two months earlier and then increasing muscle weakness developed. A 30-year-old woman had rapidly progressive quadriparesis. In both cases, severe hypokalemia with metabolic acidosis was observed and the diagnosis of distal renal tubular acidosis was made. The former was considered to be an idiopathic incomplete form and the latter was a secondary complete form associated with Sjögren syndrome. Hypokalemic paralysis may occur as a complication of distal renal tubular acidosis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007008 Hypokalemia Abnormally low potassium concentration in the blood. It may result from potassium loss by renal secretion or by the gastrointestinal route, as by vomiting or diarrhea. It may be manifested clinically by neuromuscular disorders ranging from weakness to paralysis, by electrocardiographic abnormalities (depression of the T wave and elevation of the U wave), by renal disease, and by gastrointestinal disorders. (Dorland, 27th ed) Hypopotassemia,Hypokalemias,Hypopotassemias
D008297 Male Males
D009135 Muscular Diseases Acquired, familial, and congenital disorders of SKELETAL MUSCLE and SMOOTH MUSCLE. Muscle Disorders,Myopathies,Myopathic Conditions,Muscle Disorder,Muscular Disease,Myopathic Condition,Myopathy
D010243 Paralysis A general term most often used to describe severe or complete loss of muscle strength due to motor system disease from the level of the cerebral cortex to the muscle fiber. This term may also occasionally refer to a loss of sensory function. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p45) Palsy,Plegia,Todd Paralysis,Todd's Paralysis,Palsies,Paralyses,Paralysis, Todd,Paralysis, Todd's,Plegias,Todds Paralysis
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000141 Acidosis, Renal Tubular A group of genetic disorders of the KIDNEY TUBULES characterized by the accumulation of metabolically produced acids with elevated plasma chloride, hyperchloremic metabolic ACIDOSIS. Defective renal acidification of URINE (proximal tubules) or low renal acid excretion (distal tubules) can lead to complications such as HYPOKALEMIA, hypercalcinuria with NEPHROLITHIASIS and NEPHROCALCINOSIS, and RICKETS. Renal Tubular Acidosis,Renal Tubular Acidosis, Type I,Renal Tubular Acidosis, Type II,Type I Renal Tubular Acidosis,Type II Renal Tubular Acidosis,Acidosis, Renal Tubular, Type I,Acidosis, Renal Tubular, Type II,Autosomal Dominant Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis,Classic Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis,Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis,Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis,RTA, Classic Type,RTA, Distal Type, Autosomal Dominant,RTA, Gradient Type,RTA, Proximal Type,Renal Tubular Acidosis 1,Renal Tubular Acidosis I,Renal Tubular Acidosis II,Renal Tubular Acidosis, Distal, Autosomal Dominant,Renal Tubular Acidosis, Proximal,Renal Tubular Acidosis, Proximal, with Ocular Abnormalities,Classic Type RTA,Classic Type RTAs,Gradient Type RTA,Gradient Type RTAs,Proximal Type RTA,Proximal Type RTAs,RTAs, Classic Type,RTAs, Gradient Type,RTAs, Proximal Type
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012859 Sjogren's Syndrome Chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease in which the salivary and lacrimal glands undergo progressive destruction by lymphocytes and plasma cells resulting in decreased production of saliva and tears. The primary form, often called sicca syndrome, involves both KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA and XEROSTOMIA. The secondary form includes, in addition, the presence of a connective tissue disease, usually rheumatoid arthritis. Sicca Syndrome,Sjogren Syndrome,Sjogrens Syndrome,Syndrome, Sicca,Syndrome, Sjogren's

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