Sjogren\'s Syndrome Presenting with Refractory Hypokalemia and inflam-matory peripheral vascular disease: Double Trouble

Rumaisa Ahmed; Prasanna Kumar; Tameem Imran

doi:10.58739/jcbs/v09i3.1

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$Sjogren's Syndrome Presenting with Refractory Hypokalemia and inflam-matory peripheral vascular disease: Double Trouble$

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Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

DOI: 10.58739/jcbs/v09i3.1

Year: 2019, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 81-83

Case Report

Sjogren's Syndrome Presenting with Refractory Hypokalemia and inflam-matory peripheral vascular disease: Double Trouble

Rumaisa Ahmed^1*, Prasanna Kumar², Tameem Imran³

1. Junior Resident, Department Of Medicine, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar
2. Assistant professor, Department Of Medicine, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar
3. Senior Resident, Department Of Medicine, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar

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Abstract

Sjogren's syndrome is a slowly progressing autoimmune disease that is characterized by lymphocytic infiltra-tion of the exocrine glands resulting in impaired secretory function. There are varied causes of quadriparesis ranging from cervical cord myelopathy to neuromuscular junction disorders. Even though hypokalemia is a fre-quent cause of quadriparesis but is usually due to periodic paralysis. Here we present a case in which hypokale-mia secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome presented with quadriparesis, which progressed, to respiratory paralysis.

Keywords: Sjogren's syndrome, distal renal tubular acidosis, hypokalemia, peripheral vascular disease