Medullary sponge kidney presenting with hypokalaemic paralysis.
Medullary sponge kidney associated with a defect in urine acidification is rare and usually of no clinical significance. We report a case presenting as hypokalaemic paralysis due to associated congenital distal renal tubular acidosis.
D000141:Acidosis, Renal Tubular / Q000151:congenital; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D007691:Medullary Sponge Kidney / Q000150:complications*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*