Mehmet Ali EREN, Suzan TABUR, Tevfik SABUNCU, Burcu SEZGİN

A rare cause of hypokalemia: Gitelman syndrome

Gitelman sendromu nadir görülen kalıtsal bir hastalıktır. Hipokalemi, metabolik alkaloz, hipomagnezemi ve hipokalsiüri bu sendromda görülen tipik bozukluklardır. Bu sendrom ile birlikte büyüme geriliği ve nadiren de olsa paralizi ve kardiyak arrest gibi şiddetli komplikasyonlar ortaya çıkabilmektedir. Bu nedenle erken tanı ve tedavi önemlidir. Bu yazıda genç bir erişkinde görülen klasik Gitelman sendromunu sunduk. Elektrolit düzensizlikleri tedavi ile düzelmesine rağmen hastanın epifiz plaklarının kapalı olması nedeniyle daha fazla büyüme sağlanamadı.

Hipokalemini nadir bir nedeni: Gitelman sendromu

Gitelman syndrome is a rare, inherited disorder. Hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesemia and hypocalciuria are the characteristic abnormalities of this syndrome. This syndrome can lead to growth retardation and to rarely serious complications such as paralysis and cardiac arrest. Therefore, early recognition and treatment are important. In this paper we reported a young adulthood with classic Gitelman syndrome. Electrolyte imbalances were resolved with treatment; however, further growth wasn’t achieved since the epiphyses of the patients had been closed.

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