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Type 4 renal tubular acidosis (subtype 2) in a patient with methylmalonic acidaemia
T Ohura1, M Kikuchi, D Abukawa
1Department of Paediatrics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
European Journal of Pediatrics
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 10-month-old male infant with vitamin B12 non-responsive methylmalonic acidaemia is reported. Laboratory results revealed hyperkalaemic, hyperchloraemic, metabolic acidosis with slight azotaemia. The urinary pH decreased (below 5.5) to compensate for acidaemia. Levels of plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were low. The renal biopsy showed tubulo-interstitial nephritis. We suggested the diagnosis of type 4 renal tubular acidosis, subtype 2, i.e. hyporeninaemic hypoaldosteronism. We suggest that chronic renal disease may be a common complication of methylmalonic acidaemia.