Secondary Sjogren's syndrome and scleroderma presenting as renal tubular acidosis.
We report a case of distal renal tubular acidosis in a twenty year old female patient of scleroderma and secondary Sjogren's syndrome. This patient presented with two episodes of flaccid quadriparesis which were associated with hypokalaemia and was later found to have an underlying scleroderma with secondary Sjogren's syndrome.
Baburaj
P
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Jubilee Mission Hospital, Trichur, Kerala 680 009.
Khanna
Laxmi
L
D000141:Acidosis, Renal Tubular / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*