Gitelman Syndrome in a Case of Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma

Gitelman Syndrome in a Case of Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma

Gitelman syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder that usually presents with hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalciuria and normal blood pressure. In contrast to Bartter syndrome it presents in late adulthood. Hypokalemia in a patient of chronic kidney disease is not a usual finding. Here we pres...

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Main Authors: Vaibhav Seth, Niladri Sarkar, Somnath Mandal, Subhasis Neogi, Shambaditya Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:
chronic kidney disease
hypertension
hypokalemia
Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/11121/29991_F(AnG)_PF1(AD_AnG)_PFA(GG_MJ)_PN(AP).pdf
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spelling doaj-1318d538e32942708b82c6ab6a6cfba82020-11-25T00:41:02ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2018-01-01121OD19OD2010.7860/JCDR/2018/29991.11121Gitelman Syndrome in a Case of Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic DilemmaVaibhav Seth0Niladri Sarkar1Somnath Mandal2Subhasis Neogi3Shambaditya Das4Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Gitelman syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder that usually presents with hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalciuria and normal blood pressure. In contrast to Bartter syndrome it presents in late adulthood. Hypokalemia in a patient of chronic kidney disease is not a usual finding. Here we present a case of intractable hypokalemia due to Gitelman syndrome with hypertension in a background of chronic kidney disease, which poses both a diagnostic as well as a therapeutic dilemma.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/11121/29991_F(AnG)_PF1(AD_AnG)_PFA(GG_MJ)_PN(AP).pdfchronic kidney diseasehypertensionhypokalemia
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author Vaibhav Seth
Niladri Sarkar
Somnath Mandal
Subhasis Neogi
Shambaditya Das
spellingShingle Vaibhav Seth
Niladri Sarkar
Somnath Mandal
Subhasis Neogi
Shambaditya Das
Gitelman Syndrome in a Case of Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
chronic kidney disease
hypertension
hypokalemia
author_facet Vaibhav Seth
Niladri Sarkar
Somnath Mandal
Subhasis Neogi
Shambaditya Das
author_sort Vaibhav Seth
title Gitelman Syndrome in a Case of Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma
title_short Gitelman Syndrome in a Case of Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma
title_full Gitelman Syndrome in a Case of Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma
title_fullStr Gitelman Syndrome in a Case of Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma
title_full_unstemmed Gitelman Syndrome in a Case of Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma
title_sort gitelman syndrome in a case of diabetic kidney disease: a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma
publisher JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
series Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
issn 2249-782X
0973-709X
publishDate 2018-01-01
description Gitelman syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder that usually presents with hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalciuria and normal blood pressure. In contrast to Bartter syndrome it presents in late adulthood. Hypokalemia in a patient of chronic kidney disease is not a usual finding. Here we present a case of intractable hypokalemia due to Gitelman syndrome with hypertension in a background of chronic kidney disease, which poses both a diagnostic as well as a therapeutic dilemma.
topic chronic kidney disease
hypertension
hypokalemia
url https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/11121/29991_F(AnG)_PF1(AD_AnG)_PFA(GG_MJ)_PN(AP).pdf
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