Author/Authors :
Sarı, Funda Clinic of Nephrology - Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey , Güneş, Ayşe Clinic of Nephrology - Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey , Sarıkaya, Metin Clinic of Nephrology - Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey , Eren, Mustafa Clinic of Nephrology - Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey , Korkmaz, Ahmet Clinic of Nephrology - Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey , Çetinkaya, Ramazan Clinic of Nephrology - Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey , Can, Hasan Clinic of Nephrology - Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey , Tukel, Nur Clinic of Nephrology - Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
Abstract :
Adult coeliac disease commonly presents without classical symptoms as chronic diarrhea and weight loss. We describe the case of a 31-year-old woman with persistent life-threatening hypokalemia, acute renal failure, and acute quadriplegia due to diarrhea that had continued for one month. Although there are cases of coeliac disease diagnosed with hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis in the literature, none of the cases developed acute renal failure. This is the first case in the literature diagnosed with acute renal failure due to hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis as a presentation of coeliac disease. In acute renal failure cases that present with hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis due to severe diarrhea, coeliac disease should be considered as a differential diagnosis despite the negative antigliadin IgA antibody.
