Gitelman's Syndrome: An unusual cause of Recurrent Attack of Quadriparesis

Authors

  • Sabrina Shahrin IMO, Dept. of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka
  • Rakesh Panday HMO, Dept. of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka
  • Kamal Uddin Sohel Assistant Registrar, Dept. of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka
  • Nazmul Islam HMO, Dept. of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka
  • Motlabur Rahman Assistant Professor,Dept. of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka
  • AKM Aminul Hoque Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v16i1.22407

Keywords:

Gitelman's syndrome, quadriparesis

Abstract

Gitelman'?s syndrome, discovered in 1966 by Gittleman,Graham and Welt, is an autosomal recessive renal tubular disorder and characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesaemia, hypocalciuria. This is a rare cause of hypokalemia which has an autosomal recessive inheritance. Here we are reporting a case of a 35 years old lady presented with recurrent attacks of quadriparesis due to hypokalemia and pain in multiple joints. Later we diagnosed the case as Gitelman?'s syndrome.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jom.v16i1.22407

J MEDICINE 2015; 16 : 59-60

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2015-02-25

How to Cite

Shahrin, S., Panday, R., Sohel, K. U., Islam, N., Rahman, M., & Hoque, A. A. (2015). Gitelman’s Syndrome: An unusual cause of Recurrent Attack of Quadriparesis. Journal of Medicine, 16(1), 59–60. https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v16i1.22407

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Case Reports

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