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Recurrent transient severe hypocalcaemia in two siblings with type 1 Bartter syndrome.
Nephrology 2023 December 8
Type 1 Bartter syndrome causes hypokalaemia and metabolic alkalosis owing to mutation in the SLC12A1 gene. Meanwhile, hypocalcaemia is rare in Bartter syndrome, except in type 5 Bartter syndrome. Herein, we describe two siblings with type 1 Bartter syndrome with recurrent transient severe hypocalcaemia. They each visited our hospital several times with chief complaints of numbness in the limbs, shortness of breath and tetany after stresses such as exercise or fever. Severe hypocalcaemia was also observed with a serum calcium level of approximately 6.0 mg/dL at each visit. The clinical symptoms and abnormalities in laboratory findings quickly improved with rest and intravenous treatment. In a steady state, no severe hypocalcaemia was evident, but serum intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels were high. In recent years, a large-scale study has revealed that type 1 and type 2 Bartter syndrome have high PTH values. In addition, there are reports that these patients develop hypocalcaemia due to PTH resistance. Therefore, our patient was also in a PTH-resistant state, and hypocalcaemia was thought to be exacerbated by physical stress. It is not well known that Bartter syndrome patients other than those with type 5 suffer from hypocalcaemia. And hypocalcaemia was not detected in normal examinations under steady-state conditions. Therefore, in patients with type 1 and type 2 Bartter syndrome, severe hypocalcaemia may occur, but may go unnoticed. When following up these patients, the attending physician must keep in mind that such patients are in a PTH-resistant state and that physical stress can cause severe hypocalcaemia.
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