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Hypokalemia due to Fanconi syndrome in a patient with obstructive jaundice
George Liamis1, Eleni Bairaktari, Moses Elisaf
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina, Greece.
Nephron
|October 10, 2002
Abstract:
There are limited data regarding tubular dysfunction in patients with obstructive jaundice. Here, we present a patient aged 79 years with protracted obstructive jaundice due to choledocholithiasis who developed hypokalemia with inappropriate kaliuria as a part of a non-acidotic generalized proximal tubular dysfunction, which included renal phosphate, uric acid and glucose wasting.