title: [Hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis and tetany as a presentation of celiac disease in an adult].
abstract: We describe the case of a 38-year-old man with an hypokalaemic rhabdomyolysis and tetany as a presentation of celiac disease. We discuss the several electrolytic disturbances found in this patient with chronic diarrhoea and malabsorption syndrome and also the treatment which conduced to complete clinical resolution. We conclude that celiac disease should be considered a cause of hypokalaemic rhabdomyolysis.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Nefrología, Hospital de Barbastro, Huesca. pporta@hispavista.com
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Peña Porta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calvo Beguería
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: de Vera Floristán
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oncins Torres
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000209:etiology*; D013746:Tetany / Q000209:etiology*