title: A case of acquired Gitelman syndrome presenting as hypokalemic paralysis.
abstract: We report a case of a young female patient who presented with weakness of upper and lower limbs. On evaluation, she had hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, metabolic alkalosis and hypocalciuria. Anti-Ro (SSA) antibody was positive. She had an acquired Gitelman syndrome due to primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). SS presenting with features of Gitelman syndrome is very rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kadri
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pinto
keywords: Acquired Gitelman syndrome; Sjögren's syndrome; hypokalemia