Abstract
Gitelman syndrome is autosomal recessive disease which is a broad clinical spectrum with hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesemia and hypocalciuria caused by reabsorption of Na and Cl in distal tubule. Prevalence of this disease is thought to be 1.2 cases per million.
Highlights
Gitelman syndrome which is described by Gitelman, Graham and Welt is autosomal resesive disease which is a broad clinical spectrum with hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesemia and hypocalciuria caused by reabsorbtion of Na and Cl in distal tubule
It has been reported that convulsions due to severe metabolic alkalosis or hypomagnesemia can occur [3]
The clinical findings were healed after orally magnesium replacement together with orally potassium to diagnose with renal tubular dysfunction because of hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, and hypomagnesemia
Summary
We presented a patient with Gitelman syndrome who had a rarely seen disease causing tetanic convulsions. Gitelman syndrome which is described by Gitelman, Graham and Welt is autosomal resesive disease which is a broad clinical spectrum with hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesemia and hypocalciuria caused by reabsorbtion of Na and Cl in distal tubule. What percentage of Gitelman syndrome patient present with seizures is not known convulsions are not common.
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