title: Hypokalemic quadriparesis and rhabdomyolysis as a rare presentation of distal renal tubular acidosis.
abstract: Distal renal tubular acidosis is a syndrome of abnormal urine acidification and is characterized by hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia, hypercalciurea, nephrocalcinosis and nephrolithiasis. Despite the presence of persistent hypokalemia, acute muscular paralysis is rarely encountered in males. Here, we will report an eighteen year old male patient who presented with flaccid quadriparesis and was subsequently found to have rhabdomyolysis, severe short stature, skeletal deformities and primary distal renal tubular acidosis.
authors.affiliation: 1. MD internal medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Sher-I-Kashmir Instituite of Medical Sciences, Soura Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India. manzoor93@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Manzoor
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmad Bhat
authors.affiliation: 2. Department of Endocrinology, Sher-I-Kashmir Instituite of Medical Sciences, Soura Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India. drlaway@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bashir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ahmad Laway
authors.affiliation: 3. Department of Internal, government medical college, Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India. mustafafarhat4@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Farhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mustafa
authors.affiliation: 4. Department of Endocrinology, Sher-I-Kashmir Instituite of Medical Sciences, Soura Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India. drshafikuchay@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shafi Kuchay
authors.affiliation: 5. Department of Endocrinology, Sher-I-Kashmir Instituite of Medical Sciences, Soura Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India. munn3147@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Idrees
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mubarik
authors.affiliation: 6. Department of Endocrinology, Sher-I-Kashmir Instituite of Medical Sciences, Soura Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India. manzoor93@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Nazir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahmad Palla
keywords: Hypokalemia; Nephrocalcinosis; Renal tubular acidosis; Rhabdomyolysis; Short stature