Hypouricaemia as a marker of a generalized proximal tubular damage in alcoholic patients.
OBJECTIVE
Hypouricaemia is not frequently encountered in alcoholic patients. Described herein is the case of a 69-year-old alcoholic patient.


RESULTS
The patient presented with severe hypouricaemia (serum uric acid 95.2 micro mol/l) due to renal urate wasting associated with a cluster of other metabolic abnormalities in the context of a reversible generalized dysfunction of the proximal tubules that mimicked Fanconi syndrome.


CONCLUSIONS
The underlying mechanisms of this rare presentation are discussed.
Liberopoulos
Evagelos
E
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece.
Miltiadous
George
G
Elisaf
Moses
M
D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000097:blood; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood*
D014527:Uric Acid